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The “Chevrolet” engine you’re referring to is actually designed and manufactured by Illmore.

You mean Illmor power with Chevy badging and financial backing.

Formula 1 cars produce a lot more downforce than Indycars relative to their vehicle weights.

How were the seats?

My 2009 Yaris hatch has a 5 speed manual and was reasonably quick by very late 1970s/very early 1980s Trans Am and Z28 standards.

It’s all relative. I had a then new 2009 Toyota Yaris that also made 106 HP. I bought it as a “winter car” to my then new 2009 Z51 Corvette.

Do you have any technical date from McLaren to prove that?

An F1 car weighs 660 Kilograms (1,455 pounds), and that includes a full tank of gasoline that’s sufficient to last the entire race. As such, they’re able to cope with the small diameter rotors that are dictated by the mandated 13" wheels.

A 15" wheel limits brake rotor diameter to 12" maximum.

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No, YOU “need to be updated on F1 specifications!”

It depends where the mass is reduced.  Radius is a 4th order determinant of rotational inertia.

Larger diameter wheels allow the use of larger diameter brake rotors, realizing that brake rotor diameter is directly proportional to stopping power (referred to as frictional horsepower by brake engineers).

You’d need to change them (to a larger diameter) if you wanted to fit the car with suitable brakes by today’s standards

Back when 11" and smaller size brake rotors were commonplace...

You completely neglected brake rotor diameter, resulting caliper clearance issues and vehicle weight.

Depends on rotor size. 13.4” rotors are about the limit with 17".  Caliper interference becomes the reality thereafter.

The Smeg toaster’s price is clearly listed as $149.99 on the page you showed.

And of course a V8. Manual” would just bolt right up. Right?

And of course you know the Hemi swap would work perfectly.

That’s false - particularly so in the Z28's case and just a few minutes of solid research will readily reveal.