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One of the guys I work with stated he would like to know what the horse power of a Indy car engine is. Key word search "indy engine" did get me some info, but it is outdated. What are the numbers on the 2006 Indy car engines? What I found was 2003 Chevy Indy V8 is 3.5 liter (214 ci). Produces 675 pluss horsepower and weighs 280 lb. . $120,000. Max. 10,300 rmp (10,700 rpm in 2002). Methanol fuel. Sustained high speed operation.

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I found a site that compares 3 different engines, F1 Ferrari, IRL Chevy V8, and a Cart Turbo Ford.

Ferrari has 830 hp

Chevy has 720 hp

Ford has 800 hp

http://indymotorspeedway.com/vsseries.htm#eng