Still curious though, why the main driver vent is fed from the back of the cockpit. Implies some A/C unit sitting back there, to me.Air is directed into the cockpit via the vent intake in the car's nose, used to reduce the cockpit temperatures, and then sent rearward to the engine bay, eliminating the need for additional ducts with the aditional benefit of retasking the "used" cockpit air for additional duties.
Interesting, I was not aware of that. Do aircraft use similar heaters? Are the thin metallic lines at the base of the windshields what you're referring to?747heavy wrote:As for demisting the wind shield/screen.
Most GT/Touring cars use heated policarbonate windows these days.
This works quite well normally. I don´t think you would need A/C just fo this.
I think this is the right way for lmp's to be road vehicle relevant, but what bothers me is that it doesnt seem to allow more freedom compared to current rules. If we match these together my guess is that the engines would need to be downtuned that much that GT cars would even outpace them on the straights. Although we do not know the current fuel levels used at Le MansA rumor is making the rounds about the direction the ACO's 2014 regulations will take. It is our understanding that a outline is being passed amongst the teams and manufacturers that proposes what effectively is a fuel energy content formula to start in 2014. The proposal allots 1500 liters of gasoline, or alternate fuel equivalent (diesel, methanol, etc.), for Le Mans. The energy content equivalency volume would be determined by the ACO. For a historical reference, in 1990, Group C1 cars were alloted 2450 liters for Le Mans. C2 cars were allowed 1650 liters. But most interestingly, the 2014 proposal allows for the complete freeing up of the engine regulations. But we can imagine the comparative draconian fuel allotment (compared to C1 in 1990) will drive engine capacities down not too far from what's being seen today. Obviously hybrid technology would play right into this as well.
No mention is being made at the moment regarding chassis regulations.
It was 28 stops for the 908s and 31 for the R18s I believe.wesley123 wrote:indeed, and I was just thinking, arent the diesels way easier on their consumption?
