The 1986 Benetton’s were and it is believed still are the most powerful F1 cars ever raced.The chassis 05 driven by Gerhard Berger at Monza , reading 5.5 Bar Boost[80 lbs.] briefly produced an estimated 1300 HP.and was timed at 351 KPH, out right fastest car of the 1986 season. Now Fully restored
they were using rusty used old factory production blocks and cranks, plus the basic engine dates back to the early 1960s. By the time they were making this much power however, the engines would blow up frequently. Still very impressive, and ran on fuel consisting of mostly toluene
I mean for what you’re getting 350000$ doesn’t seem all that unreasonable for someone who would normally purchase a couple exotic cars. A distant Uncle of mine (I posted pictures of his 360 a few years ago) now has 3 Ferraris where as back in 2008ish he only had the 360. I’d much rather have one of these and the other two Ferraris.
