From: mjackson@alumni.caltech.edu   
      
   On 2/7/2026 12:15 PM, scole wrote:   
   > In article <10lieqp$24rpc$1@dont-email.me>, nomail@hotmail.com wrote:   
   >   
   >> Regulations.   
   >>   
   >> What do you guys think of the regulations.   
   >> Specifically, why would they care about compression ratio?   
   >   
   > Regulations are regulations - it's formula racing. They care about   
   > compression ratio because they've decided to use it as a defined   
   > measurable as part of the racing formula.   
      
   It's not new for 2026.  A maximum of 18:1 was set sometime after 2014.   
   The reduction to 16:1 this year is intended to reduce the peak power   
   from the ICU.   
      
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