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Jayski site says that Chevy and Ford are suggesting for NASCAR to run the new IRL 3.5L  motor. Normal aspiration and fuel injection instead of what they called "NASCAR'S 50's technology". Less horsepower than the 358ci.. maybe. What do you guys think about this?

General Lee 01 Senior Enthusiast

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Ugggh! IRL!

 

 

Well, Ford's Motor program this year (For BGN atleast) was done by Cosworth, which is Ford's "Indycar engine" specialist.

 

I'd say keep NASCAR and IRL as far opposite from eachother as possible.

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I think the time will come when NASCAR puts a common motor in all the cars, like ASA did this year. Maybe have a Ford, GM, and a Dodge motor, all making the same hp and torque. The engine programs at various race teams are very expensive.

This will put more emphasis on setup and driver ability. It will also decrease engine costs dramatically.

ASA teams were building or buying v6 motors at $25,000 a copy and getting one race out of them. The new production Corvette motor that they ran this year cost $10,000 a piece and running for 3-4 races.

From what I saw on the track, the competition and excitement didn't suffer one bit.

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Whether it's the IRL motor or not it's about time NASCAR gets with the times and embraces fuel injection at least.  Might even help the cars burn less fuel.  I've been thinking it would be a good idea for the manufacturers to provide the engines to their cars.  Some manufacturer related content (other than general profile) would be restored to the series while making things less expensive for the teams.  The danger is that every week would become one of those restrictor plate nightmares where all 43 cars are running in a big pack.  No passing and one spin would wipe out 15 cars.  Ugh.

 

Call me crazy but if it says "Dodge" on the outside of the car, it should be running a Mopar powertrain.  Likewise for Ford, Chevy, Pontiac, etc.

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While it sounds like a good idea, the problem is that teams would spend big $$$$ developing their motors, only to have the politics of Bill France Jr. enter at the last moment, and madate that Ford gets one fuel mapping, Dodge gets another, just like they already do with aero packages. The temptation is too great. And I don' t believe Nascar can be depended on to exercise the necessary self-restraint...they'd be tampering. It becomes a modern restrictor plate that could be used at all the races...not a good thing.

 

They should control superspeedway speed just by mandating a certain number of gallons of fuel for each race that the driver has to make the race distance with. But in Nascar's flawed scoring system, the problem is fundamental. The points chase is all about FINISHING. The possibility of large number of drivers running out of fuel doesn't blend with that strategy, even though it makes for safer racing with fewer cars battling to the wire, and having enough horsepower without a restrictor plate to make some safe passes.

Jpshostr Senior Enthusiast

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I don't know if this is the way to do it, but one of these days NASCAR is going to have to go with fuel injection.  Every vehicle in production now has had fuel injection for years now, about time NASCAR picks up on that.

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