I hear of engines being made by DEI, Evernham and others, but are they Chevy & Dode engines modified by them? If not why would the auto makers be happy with the "Car of Tomorrow" plan. How are they going to earn $$$ & bragging rights?
2006-07-21 07:20:44 · 5 answers · asked by snuffieslady 1 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing
The factories (Dodge, Chevy, Etc) design and engineer the basic engine parts like the block, heads, intake, and all that. The teams are free to purchase parts like cams, pistons, and cranks from aftermarket manufacturers and assemble the best engine that fits the rules and is allowed by Nascar. All engine parts have to be approved by Nascar for competition use. All of the parts and pieces are heavily reworked by each engine dept to produce the most power and last the distance. Apples and oranges, but right now a stock car has more horsepower than a F1 car.
2006-07-21 13:25:57 · answer #1 · answered by Nc Jay 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who cares about those engines?
REAL racing is done with different V8 engines.
Made by:
-Renault
-Ferrari
-Mercedes
-Toyota
-Honda
-Cosworth
-BMW
F1 racing is REAL racing.
These engines don't have to withstand the pathetic 7 or 8 thousand rpm in nascar.
They have to cope with 20 thousand rpm for three quarters of the race and rarely under 10 thousand rpm.
Plus they have to last two entire race weekends. American race cars are fitted with 4 engines in a race weekend. That's an engine for every 200 miles. F1 engines have to live three times that long. And from 2008, up to three race weekends.
Now that's real racing.
2006-07-21 07:37:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This was not a F1 question but a Nascar one. The answer to the question is that each maker makes its own engines. Even Toyota next year!
2006-07-21 08:33:02 · answer #3 · answered by GoingGhost 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the motor in a stock car is as much like the motor in your car as hercules is like a normal man. the people you mentioned take the basic engine block-If they have dodge for a sponser then it is a dodge block. and make it much more powerful.
So yes they are dodge, chevy or ford engines--they just be on steroids.
2006-07-21 07:25:32 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The type of engines are whatever type of car it is that they are racing.
2006-07-22 11:42:17 · answer #5 · answered by Randall Gatesman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋