How NASCAR Engines Work
6 liters
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POWER 750-800 horsepower
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It only takes 20 minutes to burn a full tank of gas.
The temperature inside a NASCAR V-8 engine can reach 2000 degrees
Fahrenheit
the pressure can reach 1500 psi, or more than 100 times the normal air
pressure we feel around us every day.
Some parts exposed to the worst of an engine's extreme heat use special
metals to keep them from melting and fusing with another part of the engine.
NASCAR rules
1)carburated V-8 with iron block
2) NASCAR also requires teams to use blocks, cylinders and intake manifolds
made from castings of approved manufacturers
3) NASCAR places strict limits, for instance, on how engine cylinders are bored
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