This Formula 1 car has 1400 horsepower, that’s 400 MORE than the F1 cars of today.

It was all about engineers pushing machines beyond the limits of technlogy at the time, creating MONSTERS.

But they had one main issue, they LOVED to blow up.

Turbos rocked up in Formula 1 out of nowhere - let me explain. Since 1966 you were allowed to create engines in any format - as long as it was a maximum of 3 litre capacity.

And teams ran all sorts of engines, flat 4s, inline 4s, V6s, V8s, V16s - the lot.

But there was one rule they ignored. You were allowed ‘forced induction’ engines, but they had to be less than 1.5 litres in capacity.

So they WERE allowed turbos and superchargers. But nobody ran them.

You will know the magic a turbo can bring for performance already, it’s likely your road car will have a turbo. They are everywhere.

And it’s not like they weren’t popular back in the 60s and 70s either. There were road cars like the Oldsmobile Cutlass Jetfire and Chevrolet Corvair Monza Spyder were both turbocharged. And it was VERY common in the aerospace industry too.

But all of the teams elected for the simpler, and lighter format of the 3-litre, naturally aspirated engines. Many were using the Ford Cosworth DFV engine - that soon became an ICON in Formula 1. It was light, powerful, reliable and most importantly CHEAP.


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