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I believe Formula 1 has been using cam less engines for quite a few years. For them this is old tech. They run 18,000 revs, and make about 800 hp from 1.5 liters. F2 runs bigger engines with less power, and are easier to drive.
F1 has limited them to 18K as some could run over 20K.
This is coming from my memory banks and subject to verification.
For bikes, we have engines that do most everything we want. Same thing with new cages.
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I believe Formula 1 has been using cam less engines for quite a few years. For them this is old tech. They run 18,000 revs, and make about 800 hp from 1.5 liters. F2 runs bigger engines with less power, and are easier to drive.
F1 has limited them to 18K as some could run over 20K.
This is coming from my memory banks and subject to verification.
For bikes, we have engines that do most everything we want. Same thing with new cages.
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True the only need to run for about 2 hours at a time at full throttle during the race. The they also have to run the three 90 practices and the qualifying period. So about 7 hard hours a weekend. 16 weekends with a limit of 5 engines per vehicle. Roughly 21-25 hours of hard running. If we use an average on 130 mph (some tracks faster, some slower) we come up with a figure of 2700-3250 miles. That sounds like a strong engine to me. And the new hybrid engine that they are using charges and discharges once a lap. It charges fast enough to be able to use it as needed during the course of a lap, all from generators on the rear axle.
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Krusty is right, this is directly from Formula one racing as is the 'electric-servo' actuation.
Any noise is likely the 'air valves' that open the valves, releasing their pressure. Once this noise is eliminated there will be no noise at all or very little.
Losses in the valve train is where so much power is lost and where so much complexity and expense goes into R&D.
I can foresee variable cam timing and overall lift just being an air adjustment away.
When I had a 1999 Cummins turbo diesel ram pickup and was at a facility in Las Vegas, called 'Diesel Dynamics' to get a stage 3 hop-up done, I found out that the noise that the engine made was ONLY from the Injectors 'Poping' up and down and sealing under extreme pressure, so direct injection into the cylinder from a timed pump can eliminate almost all noise.!
Isn't technology grand!
Sam:biggrin:
Any noise is likely the 'air valves' that open the valves, releasing their pressure. Once this noise is eliminated there will be no noise at all or very little.
Losses in the valve train is where so much power is lost and where so much complexity and expense goes into R&D.
I can foresee variable cam timing and overall lift just being an air adjustment away.
When I had a 1999 Cummins turbo diesel ram pickup and was at a facility in Las Vegas, called 'Diesel Dynamics' to get a stage 3 hop-up done, I found out that the noise that the engine made was ONLY from the Injectors 'Poping' up and down and sealing under extreme pressure, so direct injection into the cylinder from a timed pump can eliminate almost all noise.!
Isn't technology grand!
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If a couple of NASCAR teams used them and they worked, they would get popular real quick.
Or maybe the 400 ci midgets could run them.
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If a couple of NASCAR teams used them and they worked, they would get popular real quick.
Or maybe the 400 ci midgets could run them.
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Really? The engine in my Pontiac wasn't really broken in until it passed over 3000 miles. Get back when an engine like that can run 150,000 miles without a breakdown in the valves.
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Yea but your pony can't run wide open for 2 hours either. My little pony bit a piston at 9k (hit a hard 2nd gear w/sand on the road) It never even hesitated going past the 7.5k set redline. So yeah I think an engine that can run from 5-14k for 13 hrs a weekend is a very stout engine. Ask it to do it for 2 - 4 weeks and have it hold together is amazing.
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NASCAR and WOO are at 800 with push rod motors, 358 and 400 cu.
Moto GP is making over 200 hp with 1000cc and no turbo.
The Moto 3 are at 45hp with 250 singles.
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Your Pontiac is making a small fraction of the horsepower that the race cars make. F1 is at 800hp for 1500cc. Also using turbos and E power.
NASCAR and WOO are at 800 with push rod motors, 358 and 400 cu.
Moto GP is making over 200 hp with 1000cc and no turbo.
The Moto 3 are at 45hp with 250 singles.
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All well and good, but that technology still isn't proven for long-distance use. Just because it will run a lot of power for a small number of hours doesn't equate to running a smaller amount of power for 10-20 years. By 'smaller amount of power', I mean only about 180hp from a 2.4l engine, with the rev limit set at 7500rpm (which it hits often enough).
Also, do F1 rules dictate that those engines cannot be torn down during the season?
Also, do F1 rules dictate that those engines cannot be torn down during the season?
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You can replace minor components but nothing major, if it breaks, you pull it and replace it with one of your remaining engines.
You can then tear it down to find out what happened under supervision. If it is deemed a safety issue you can then replace it on all the engines. If not you are stuck with it until next season.
The 2.4 puts out 143 or so HP at the wheels. I am pushing 280 at the wheels out of mine.
You can then tear it down to find out what happened under supervision. If it is deemed a safety issue you can then replace it on all the engines. If not you are stuck with it until next season.
The 2.4 puts out 143 or so HP at the wheels. I am pushing 280 at the wheels out of mine.
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Mine is stock NA; anything more and it would bump it a couple classes, and then would really be unable to compete.
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Compete in what? The Bugger King or Taco Bell or Piggy Wiggly or Dollar store or Walmart or convenience store lunch runs???:biggrin:
Maybe the dirt track destruction derby!
Inquiring minds want to know. I sit with "Baited breath" (Whatever that means) for the answer!:wink:
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Maybe the dirt track destruction derby!
Inquiring minds want to know. I sit with "Baited breath" (Whatever that means) for the answer!:wink:
Sam:coffeescreen:
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