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Old 14 Jan 2021, 16:46 (Ref:4029044)   #8678
canaglia
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canaglia should be qualifying in the top 10 on the gridcanaglia should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
honestly I still can't understand correctly that target power curve... because you know... it simply goes against physics lol...


you can see that according to the target curve and the table at side, the max power release increases constantly up to reach the top of 500KW at 95% of max torque peak release (0.95 N/Nmax)... then once it reaches 97.5% and 100% of max torque peak, the power curve of that graph is supposed to decrease! but that's basically impossible because increasing torque after top power is already reached, power will keep on increase as well! if an engine gets 500KW at 95% of torque release, at 100% will get >500KW anyhow and not less as this graph.
The peak of torque (basically value 1 of N/Nmax) is always reached before the top power, small-mid NA engines reach the peak of torque close to the peak of power at higher rpm; large NA engines and turbo engines usually reach the peak of torque at mid rpm, however before the peak of power, because it's how things work...

That power curve growth layout is basically the one of a mid/high-rev engine, likely NA, but values of N/Nmax torque are wrong... it had to be something like 464-475KW reached at 1.0 N/Nmax and top 500KW at about 0.85 N/Nmax. Or it's something I just can't understand or it basically doesn't make any sense... unless N/Nmax means something else unrelated to torque release, but if it was, why engine speed is indicated with that and not with a rpm range table according to possible rpm revlimits as happens with IMSA bop sheets?
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