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Article Evaluation -"Design Studies" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_studies I believe everything in this article pertains to the subject of Design studies and gives a good overall description. The only slightly biased part of the article is in the ethics section where it seems that the article writer somewhat sided with Clive Dilnot's opinions instead of just stating the ideas in Dilnot's essay. I feel that the tone is appropriate as the article displays information in a relatively expository non-biased way. I checked about 5 reference links and all but one were reasonable, the one source I had a problem with seemed to have been taken down by whatever website was cited. A few users in the talk thread recommend merging the "Approaches and Scope" section with another in an effort to make the article more approachable and less confusing to readers.

Drat Article

To be included in the the "V8 Engine" thread on wikipedia under NASCAR.

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The current engine specifications of NASCAR is a 358 cubic inch (5.86L) V8 producing 550 horsepower on most tracks with the exception of races at Pocono, Atlanta, Darlington, and Homestead where the teams are allowed to utilize less restrictive tapered spacers to bump the engines power to approximately 750-850 horsepower. The engines are in a 90 degree push rod configuration and have two valves per cylinder with wedge heads. Flat tappet cam followers sized at approximately 22.2 mm as well as steel push rods with aluminum rockers. Since 2012 NASCAR engines use electronic fuel injections systems instead of the four barrel carburetor the sport used prior. These engines operate at up to 9,800 rpm on some tracks such as Pocono although before NASCAR added the gear rule the engines were capable of running past 10,00 rpm. The curb weight for the engines is 575 lbs or 261 kg.