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Originally Posted by apexit4
That's quite interesting, I had no idea they ran such chemicals to turn up the boost!
If I remember correctly, teams had special qualifying engines all the way up through the late 90s.
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I know they ran toluene up through 90 or 91, because Berger's accident at San Marino in 1989 caused both burns from the fire and chemical burns from the fuel. The fuelers had to wear full chemical suits, as I remember ESPN showing the fueling process, and I was fascinated as a sixteen-year-old watching it.
The qualifying engines from at least the turbo era were absolute monsters. By 1986 they were getting over 1600 horsepower (some reported more) out of 1.5 L Turbo 4-cylinder and 6-cylinder engines. Riccardo Patrese was famously quoted as saying when your accelerated you had roughly 700 horsepower and then instantly you had an additional thousand when the turbo hit. I couldn't possibly imagine!