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Mar 23, 2009 | 01:25 PM

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starchland

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Toyota Engine failure

""Here these engines will be running well over 9,000 RPMs for 427 miles,"

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/n...tory?id=3942219

Maybe Honda can redeem itself to racing fans after leaving F1 and start using f20 engine in nascar

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Mar 23, 2009 | 06:37 PM

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I must say, that 9k rpm in a pushrod motor is a lot more prone to failure than OHC. It's a true art at what the R&D Engineers develop for those series.

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