{"id":496445,"date":"2017-04-01T01:45:07","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T08:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=43394"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:27:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:27:13","slug":"cylinder-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/cylinder-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"Cylinder Selection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Imagine you are a designer in late 1952. One day you are sitting, staring out of the window, when your boss rushes in, hands you a large sheet of paper and two freshly sharpened pencils. \u201cDesign me a 2500-cc engine,\u201d he commands. \u201cThat will be the capacity for the next Formula One engine.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_758699\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-758699\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/LL-Howden.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-758699 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/LL-Howden.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/LL-Howden.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/LL-Howden-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/LL-Howden-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/LL-Howden-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-758699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Howden Ganley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">How many cylinders and in what configuration?\u201d you ask. \u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d he replies. \u201cYou are the designer, you decide. 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