What, in your opinion, is the greatest engine to ever hit F1? I'd say the recent Ferraris, as in 2001 onwards due to reliability, though the Hondas in the late 1980 and early 1990s were good, as well as the Renaults in the mid 1990s.
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Posted 10 July 2005 - 02:42 AM
Nobody bitched when McLaren and Williams dominated F1...
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Posted 10 July 2005 - 04:41 AM
I would have to say this year, its would bbe either Renault and McLaren, but renault is ahead due to the two recent engine problems with McLaren engines
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Posted 10 July 2005 - 09:19 AM
tough 3 way call between the Ferrari of 2000-2004, the turbo Honda's of the mid 80's to early 90's, and the Renault from 92-97.
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Posted 10 July 2005 - 04:49 PM
the recent ferraris reliability was quite incredible however i would probably agree it should go to either the hondas and renaults of the said periods!
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Posted 10 July 2005 - 05:41 PM
Cosworth dfv hands down 
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Posted 10 July 2005 - 09:51 PM
True, very true, at one point the whole field had that!
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Posted 11 July 2005 - 03:20 AM
I no AR5, I would strongly have to agree
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1st Ford
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3rd Renault ... maybe ?
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Posted 19 July 2005 - 03:48 PM
AutoRacer5, on Jul 10 2005, 04:42 AM, said:
What, in your opinion, is the greatest engine to ever hit F1? I'd say the recent Ferraris, as in 2001 onwards due to reliability, though the Hondas in the late 1980 and early 1990s were good, as well as the Renaults in the mid 1990s.
How about toyota this year?
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Posted 19 July 2005 - 07:27 PM
Well, I think that this year, Toyota have done a reletively good job, I just don't think that they can compete with the likes of Renault and Mercedes at this moment in time.
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Posted 23 July 2005 - 11:03 AM
Here we're talking about engines and i think in the last 3 years, Toyota engine has only exploded once On Toyota and once on Jordan
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Posted 23 July 2005 - 02:10 PM
Yeah, I think that Williams will soon be racing with Toyota engines in a couple of years, I thinkthat the above statement may be why.
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Posted 23 July 2005 - 03:04 PM
pluke100, on Jul 23 2005, 01:03 PM, said:
Here we're talking about engines and i think in the last 3 years, Toyota engine has only exploded once On Toyota and once on Jordan
I agree.
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Posted 31 July 2005 - 06:19 PM
I think the renault engine that was quite dominant in the 90s, then the Ferrari engines of recent years, but not including this years.
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Posted 01 August 2005 - 07:21 PM
pumpdoc, on Jul 10 2005, 05:41 PM, said:
Not a difficult choice really
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Posted 26 November 2005 - 06:31 AM
does anybody have a mp3 or sound file of these engins
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Posted 27 November 2005 - 04:27 PM
I liked the sound of the Williams BMW engine. It really sounded great to me!
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Posted 27 November 2005 - 05:25 PM
I think this years Toyota engine has to be discredited from the running for this title. To be termed the 'greatest' the engine has to be dominant, revolutionary or memorable. Did the Toyota win anything? did it make a crap car good? or a poor driver win things? No it didn't.
Personally, I think the 1995 Renault engine could be a contender. It did afterall power both the leading teams, Williams and Benatton.
Personally, I think the 1995 Renault engine could be a contender. It did afterall power both the leading teams, Williams and Benatton.
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does anybody have a mp3 or sound file of these engins
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2005 renault sounded great to me at donington.
of all time gotta be the renault turbo beast of over 1000 bhp.
of all time gotta be the renault turbo beast of over 1000 bhp.
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Posted 26 March 2006 - 12:38 PM
guys! what about mercedes engines used in 98-99(f0110kv10s)?
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Posted 26 March 2006 - 02:35 PM
Cosworth DFV.
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monza gorilla, on Mar 26 2006, 06:35 AM, said:
Cosworth DFV.
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pumpdoc, on Jul 10 2005, 09:41 AM, said:
Cosworth dfv hands down
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Posted 21 April 2006 - 11:25 PM
Cosworth DFV.
Edit: 2004 Ferrari v10. Bulletproof and dominant. I'd place this one right after the DFV.
Edit: 2004 Ferrari v10. Bulletproof and dominant. I'd place this one right after the DFV.
Edited by Autumnpuma, 21 April 2006 - 11:48 PM.
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Posted 23 April 2006 - 08:56 PM
I stick by my original choices. The Honda's (mid-80's to early 90's) and Renault's (mid-90's).
The cosworth DFV would probably be my third choice, followed by the recent ferrari V10's which were utterly bulletproof and dominant!
The cosworth DFV would probably be my third choice, followed by the recent ferrari V10's which were utterly bulletproof and dominant!
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Posted 30 April 2006 - 05:20 PM
If I can remember correct, I would say the engine which supplied the FW14B of 1992's champ Mansell which was the Renault RS4 V10 as the greatest engine in my opinion.
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Renault ( when they were supplying Williams)...and Ford V8 when MS won the title....
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