Thread: WEC Ginetta LMP1
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Old 16 Dec 2017, 19:45 (Ref:3787525)   #146
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knighty should be qualifying in the top 5 on the gridknighty should be qualifying in the top 5 on the grid
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you're forgetting that is a single turbo and judging by engine displacement, I didn't expect a lot of pressure boost from the single turbo.
Indeed endurance single turbo engines with an insane pressure boost are all small sized, not over 2L (porsche V4, SGT L4, mazda AER L4).

About rpm, guess that's the simplest solution. ECU lets the engine rev up to 9000rpm, but being max power released at 7000rpm already, short shift all the way.
Actually is the same about 488 GTE, according to bop sheet, car loses turbo boost at 7100rpm (or 7500rpm, only in IMSA maybe) but during onboard, drivers always upshift just passed 6000rpm
No i am not, the single turbo is why the engine is so compact, a wider compressor map can easily be achieved using very established compressor and volute design tricks around the compressor nozzle and diffuser area, combined with ALS stratagies such as fresh-air valves which were invented in the 1908's it will be fine im sure.....really its no big deal.
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