Talk:Brabham BT49

Engine output
Good article on the Brabham BT49, however the information surrounding the BMW M10/12 derived turbo engine is not entirely correct. At the end of it's development for formula 1 use, the M12 did produce approximately 1500bhp in qualifying form. However, this level of output was not reached until 1986/7. Those who worked on the car would be able to give more accurate figures, but my best estimate is that in 1981/2 the engine produced in the 650bhp region in race trim and perhaps 820-850bhp in qualifying. The turbo cars of the era were significantly faster than their (mainly) Cosworth (500-540bhp) powered rivals, but the power gap was not 1000bhp in qualifying. Posthocergopropterhoc (talk) 05:52, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Corrected, with ref. 4u1e (talk) 14:59, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Racing car template
I've had a stab at a template for racing cars (see template:Racing car) to summarise the usual data. I've used the F1 templates as a starting point and applied it to the Brabham BT46 article. If anyone's got an interest in this, please have a look at the template and modify or suggest changes as appropriate. After a few people have had a go at it and we have something we're happy with we could start to use it more widely. Note that it's not meant to be specific to F1, by the way. Cheers. 4u1e 09:37, 2 July 2006 (UTC)