Whilst not a disease related question i’ll happily take this one, as i LOVE me some V8 supercars (and let’s not forget the V8 utes!) and Clipsal has just wrapped up here in Adelaide the other week.
To understand this, you need to understand a little bit about car engines
The core of the engine is the cylinder, with the piston moving up and down inside the cylinder. Most cars have more than one cylinder (four, six and eight cylinders are common). The cylinders usually are arranged in one of three ways: inline, V or flat (also known as horizontally opposed or boxer).
now in theory, all three layouts should provide the same amount of power, and are chosen more about how much space they take up, with the V configuration tending to take up the least amount of space. So once you want the power of 8 cylinders, you need to go to a V configuration to fir it in the same sized car. The inline configuration also works in sequence, and the V configuration works in parallel, which means slilghtly more power. you would have 4 pistons going at a time in a V8.
so how do more cylinders equal more speed on the track? Think of it like a row boat. the pistons in the cylinders are the rowers in your boat. the more rowers you have, the more power each “pull” will have.
That said, as Clipsal showed, you can have the technically fastest car on the track (mercedes) but finish last because you need a good driver like Lowndsey to make the most of that power
Whilst not a disease related question i’ll happily take this one, as i LOVE me some V8 supercars (and let’s not forget the V8 utes!) and Clipsal has just wrapped up here in Adelaide the other week.
To understand this, you need to understand a little bit about car engines
The core of the engine is the cylinder, with the piston moving up and down inside the cylinder. Most cars have more than one cylinder (four, six and eight cylinders are common). The cylinders usually are arranged in one of three ways: inline, V or flat (also known as horizontally opposed or boxer).
now in theory, all three layouts should provide the same amount of power, and are chosen more about how much space they take up, with the V configuration tending to take up the least amount of space. So once you want the power of 8 cylinders, you need to go to a V configuration to fir it in the same sized car. The inline configuration also works in sequence, and the V configuration works in parallel, which means slilghtly more power. you would have 4 pistons going at a time in a V8.
so how do more cylinders equal more speed on the track? Think of it like a row boat. the pistons in the cylinders are the rowers in your boat. the more rowers you have, the more power each “pull” will have.
That said, as Clipsal showed, you can have the technically fastest car on the track (mercedes) but finish last because you need a good driver like Lowndsey to make the most of that power
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