Formula One's governing body has announced that it has come to a settlement with Scuderia Ferrari after investigations into its 2019 power unit, considered the most powered in F1.
Much less actually. All these engines have been lean-burn at full load since the 1.6 turbo formula began. Try reading the 1.6 Turbo thread - or at least the last 2 years worth.godlameroso wrote:Well to get a stochiometric burn you'd only need about 3.5 bar, . . .
gruntguru wrote:Detonation is a very inefficient operating mode. Even if you built an engine strong enough to withstand heavy detonation, it would not be efficient. The detonation shock wave destroys the boundary layer at the chamber wall and accelerated heat transfer out of the working fluid and into the metal. This what melts piston lands and destroys engines, but it also wastes a lot of energy.godlameroso wrote:I understand where you're coming from, because you're absolutely right from a conventional engine perspective. These engines are a different beast altogether, the rules force you to think from a different point of view. The limitations of normal engines are of little consequence when you consider the level of sophistication involved with these power units. They run on a completely different wavelength, here the key term is more heat = more power, everything else be damned, it just has to hold together for 4,000km then it can incinerate itself for all they care.
If you think about it, detonation is really the best way to get maximum power, detonation is so powerful that it can send a piston straight through the head, crack the block in half and take the body work with it. Imagine if the engine could harness that power
So Ferrari was best at something, spending tokens.Sevach wrote: Use of 3 tokens confirmed, Ferrari now has 0.
