Goodbye 18k RPM v8's: F1 is Officially going Turbo 4-banger!

[jrohner]

And they should throw the Coates rotary valve heads on them while they're at it.

[scheides]

And they should throw the Coates rotary valve heads on them while they're at it.

Holy eff those are awesome! I hadn't heard of them before. The high-rpm aspect makes it well worth doing.

[DoughtCom]

Wow, this is gonna own.

[FattyBoomBatty]

And they should throw the Coates rotary valve heads on them while they're at it.

They should, but for some reason, those haven't caught on with any major manufacturer for cars. I found that site back in 2001 or 2002 after thinking about what kind of awesome improvements could be made. It turns out someone beat me to that punch.

Anyway, the 4 cylinder idea is great and I can't wait to hear numbers from teams like Brorarri.. er Ferrarri.

[Pushit2.0]

F1 did run turbo 4 cylinders and 6 cylinderss making a ton of power for 1 quick qualifying lap, then dropped the power so it would last the race.

As for limiting the boost I think they covered that by saying they can only have a hand full of engines for the hole season.

Its about cutting costs on one hand and trying to further develop products that could be used in cars of the future. Which for the most part is small displacement high MPG engines.

~John

[MustGoFaster]

And also dropping to a 12,000 RPM rev limit. I'll miss the sound more than anything.

But while dropping engine size and output, they are also adding in hybrid systems or as they call them KERS, Kinetic Energy Recover Systems. So overall, speed should be similar.

And yes Febo, there is no belt or chain. As the picture shows they used magical gears to drive the cam. It's less common but out there.

[blackrosenova400]

Nobdy has mentioned the coolest part of the whole thing..... DIRECT INJECTION!!

[MustGoFaster]

Nobdy has mentioned the coolest part of the whole thing..... DIRECT INJECTION!!

Meh. Diesels have been direct injection for...ever... It will be interesting to see what they manage to do with it. I'd guess the only reason they didn't use it already was some rule that said so.

[goodhart]

^^Not to mention Mazdaspeed 3's and 6's have it, and its really nothing special on those, they really struggle to make any kind of big power.

[blackrosenova400]

There are nice gains to be had, bieng able to control fuel timing.....