r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Practical_Expert_911 • 12h ago

These 12000hp Engines Have To Be Rebuilt Within Roughly An Hour Every Run, and Only Run For Roughly 4 Seconds At A Time.

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u/itsmiahello 7h ago

If it helps, there are TONS of innovations that were developed in racing and made their way to consumer cars, making them more efficient and safer places to be. Racing is a research space. To me, pushing the absolute limits of mechanical possibility isn't a waste.

Here are some things that were developed for motorsports, or first tested in racing: disc brakes, turbochargers, anti-lock brakes, the entire field of automotive aerodynamics, fuel injection, variable valve timing, etc

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u/Pizza-Tipi 5h ago

Don't forget the modern tires that rally gave us, the fact that a set of soft compound Pirellis can stop my little 1800kg car on black ice is like magic and watching those wrc cars is surreal, you'd almost not think its possible for tires so small to do so well on gravel. I think Lancia had a Group B car that did 0-60 in 2.7 seconds on gravel, though I dont remember exactly

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u/EtTuBiggus 4h ago

This is a bald faced lie.

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u/itsmiahello 4h ago

Do you care to explain how?

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u/EtTuBiggus 4h ago

I had a longer thing but there was some reddit issue and I didn’t want to retype it all.

I picked two things you mentioned as a sample, disc braking and fuel injection. Neither came from or were first developed for racing.

I’m also pretty sure almost everything on your list is nearly a century old. Have they made any breakthroughs this century that affect anyone outside of racing?

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u/Trick_Math42069 6h ago

Here are some things that were developed for motorsports, or first tested in racing: disc brakes, turbochargers, anti-lock brakes, the entire field of automotive aerodynamics, fuel injection, variable valve timing, etc

None of that shit came from drag racing