Does anyone know about the horsepower of the different engines?
At 2008 I've heard somewhere that the two-raced V8 and 19.000 rpm limited engines were about 750hp. This year only got 18.000 rpm for at least 3 races... Less power than last year?
If they only cut off the revs i would completely agree, but i would imagine with apropriate work done on the torque curve characteristics the final amount of power available through the usable range won't suffer too much.ISLAMATRON wrote:the curve is shorter in duration(length since it cuts off at 18K rather than 19K) now so yes they loss overall & peak hp... except for the KERS teams who are plus 55hp over last year... but only for 6.67 secs a lap.
They were only allowed to alter the fuel injectors & the inlet trumpets as per the regulations... of course the fuel/spark map was altered thru the SECU but I doubt it would have changed the torque curve from between 16-18k rpm's all that much.alelanza wrote:If they only cut off the revs i would completely agree, but i would imagine with apropriate work done on the torque curve characteristics the final amount of power available through the usable range won't suffer too much.ISLAMATRON wrote:the curve is shorter in duration(length since it cuts off at 18K rather than 19K) now so yes they loss overall & peak hp... except for the KERS teams who are plus 55hp over last year... but only for 6.67 secs a lap.
Exactly, you doubt, thus why i said it'd be interesting to knowISLAMATRON wrote:They were only allowed to alter the fuel injectors & the inlet trumpets as per the regulations... of course the fuel/spark map was altered thru the SECU but I doubt it would have changed the torque curve from between 16-18k rpm's all that much.alelanza wrote:If they only cut off the revs i would completely agree, but i would imagine with apropriate work done on the torque curve characteristics the final amount of power available through the usable range won't suffer too much.ISLAMATRON wrote:the curve is shorter in duration(length since it cuts off at 18K rather than 19K) now so yes they loss overall & peak hp... except for the KERS teams who are plus 55hp over last year... but only for 6.67 secs a lap.
Yep it would... also i think we also forget to mention that they my have to be slightly detuned to account for the longer distances they need to cover over the season.alelanza wrote:Exactly, you doubt, thus why i said it'd be interesting to know