How do cars with a four cylinder engine go faster than a V8 engine?

Question

Like a Ford Crown Victoria vs a Honda Civic.

In: Engineering

Answer 1

Look at formula one cars, they’re using hybrid V6 engines and theyre fast a fuck.

It’s all about engine tuning and weight.

There was a time where V10 and V12 F1 cars raced together but their engines were tuned in such a way they had almost the same performance on paper.