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Originally Posted by GasperG
Engine peak power and regulation limited power are two different thing. You can have engine with 1.000 HP, but you must limit it at 700HP.
What is the point?
If you oversize the engine and limit it to 700 HP, then you can have that 700 HP all the time on the wheels, between the gear shifts.
We can also see this phenomenon with fuel flow restriction regulations, some were very loud (@knighty comes to mind ) here how NA engine in Rebellion won't be competitive because of magical "torque" and efficiency that turbo engines have. Even the regulators didn't believe it, so they have a separate EoT for NA engine, but as it turned out not much (is there any?) of difference was necessary for them to be competitive.
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Consider that R13 chassis and aero are much better than other private lmp1; maybe even better than toyota!
at le mans R13 scored the overall best first sector time and the 2nd overall best third sector. During an onboard, a R13 was clearly able to run flatout at porsche sector.
Then think also that private lmp1 use the same toyota compound, so NA gibson lower torque release should help them a lot with rear tyres wearate compared to insane torque released to rear wheels by AER/nismo cars.
Torque is important but is not everything. 911 RSR torque is in the range of 500Nm and dominated LM against >600-700Nm rivals.
And about future hypercar engines, well, you need high power, lower consumes and a more than decent components lifespan....
guess the only way to achieve this is to make the engine rev as low as possible.... that's way I expect a "min" displacement over 5L NA dyno V8 or turbo up to 3.5-4L.