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Originally Posted by yco
first of all its size.. V is more compact.. V is lighter..
V has more low-end torque (2 crankshafts)..
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A V engine with 2 crankshafts?!? What engine might that be to be exact?
And a V6 engine doesn't have more low end torque.
In fact, finding an undersquare V6 is much harder than finding an undersquare i6.
And even the weight is debatable; a v6 has twice as many camshafts (albeit shorter but not twice as short), chains, chainwheels, tensioners etc. If you look at normal car engines, a V6 is usually roughly the same weight as an i6.
Why they use v6 in F1 is really very simple: its in the rulebook. any other engine configuration would mean immediate disqualification.