From: vintageapplemac@gmail.com   
      
   In article , Mark Jackson   
    wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Indeed - it's been a thing in the regs for a while; it sounded to me like   
   the OP hadn't heard of it before, but it's just one of the tools used to   
   define the formula.   
      
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