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sliverstorm on April 6, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Mercedes Is Owning This Formula 1 Season

Not always. Did you know that in top fuel cars, the "waste" energy of the exhaust works like jet thrusters, providing up to 1000lbs of traction-boosting downforce?

ars on April 7, 2014 [–]

The exhaust might do that, but the sound certainly doesn't. Any sound is wasted energy.

And in any case there are better ways to harness energy if you want create downforce.

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