Obviously, but I'm questioning its shapeThunders wrote:My Guess would be the Hot Air Exit.
I see something below the "GENII" (possible hole) but not above it; the decal on the actual car has been changed: larger, the red reaches the top of the pod, and the writing is horizontal now. The complete exit at the rear has been enlarged, along with the makeshift chimney/trap door on the engine cover, so I wouldn't be surprized if they weren't overheating. Let's see what they have in Bahrain next week for bodywork on the car; local temperatures are to be over 20°C all week.scarbs wrote:Is there something going on above the 'NII' on the GENII logo on the sidepod. Looks like the sidepods been modified?Predator wrote: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/ ... g~original
I hear from inside the team cooling was all OK at the test and no mods were requested post-test. But then I hear the bodywork itself is getting very hot around the engine, making it hard for mechanics to remove the panels in the garage.
Yes team very oftem do that. Like RB, Ferrar and Mclaren in previouse years. But for be 100% sure about that we need wait for better pictures...Blackout wrote:I dont think it's a hole. Many of the Enstone made cars have small rectangulair and triabgular removeable hatches at the bottom the sidepods. On the E21, the right hand one gave acess to the engines air bottle, AFAIR.
Problem with this idea is that the pressure switch is just that. For this to work in the exhaust it would have to be based off of mass flow going through the exhaust, not revolutions. This creates two problems.aleks_ader wrote:I dont think so. But how they could avoid from exhaoust low pressure area influence i had no idea (on its way is exhaoust pipe).muelte wrote:Don't think there is DRD, all I see is a regular rear wing pillar and due to picture angle looks like it's connected to the cooling outlet in a DRD way, but it's not.
http://i.imgur.com/CYUPOXT.jpg
Overal shape is odd and somehow similar to previouse versions of DRD. Yes and of course we need more pics to judge if this is really something more than just faty pillar covered with silver ductape.
I m pondering implementation of fluid switch with passive trigger system corresponding with exhaust flow (hint: you cannot had any exhaust holes except exit one).
Let say triggering sys when is engine on limmiter on 13/14/15 RPMs? That would takes some clever and insane PU mappings to make this work and even more important drivable.
Some sketches (sorry for crappy pic):
http://i.imgur.com/hiT7iUV.jpg
+better sideview
http://i.imgur.com/jBQutiA.jpg
Legend:
1. DRD periscope duct
2. exhaust pipe
3.small outlet like in last interpretation
4. conventional 2nd DRD duct tube (bigger one)
Just speculate for sharing ideas!
just a reflection.(?) you can tell by the red edge of the genii logo next to the barge board, it's not square...scarbs wrote:http://scarbsf1.com/blog1/wp-content/up ... 24x437.jpg
There certainly appears to be a square edge above the NII on the GENII logo.
The black item below the logo is just the access hatch for PVRS, pre heating systems etc, they just havent put the decals over it.
AMuS has reported a similar rumorRacecar Engineering also understands from sources within the team that the E22 has a ver clever mechanism for transmitting torque from the power unit to the transmission, which offere much greater performance than others seen by some team suppliers.
Not only feasable, but all teams use it. And that is ERS-K +ERS-H. And in addition direct mehanical link is forbiden, cuz FIA suport electro componding.Blackout wrote:AMuS has reported a similar rumorRacecar Engineering also understands from sources within the team that the E22 has a ver clever mechanism for transmitting torque from the power unit to the transmission, which offere much greater performance than others seen by some team suppliers.
Is a similar solution feasable in 2014 ?
http://vandynesuperturbo.com/technology.html
A kinda secondary TERS : P
Looks like a very large cooling outlet at the back of the side pods. You can see the shadow from the undercut.
Why bother with a torque sapping CVT transmission with all the extra weight of a drive system, when you can just as easily feed the recovered energy from the turbo and feed it as electric power to the motor.generator on the nose of the crankshaft?Not only feasable, but all teams use it. And that is ERS-K +ERS-H. And in addition direct mehanical link is forbiden, cuz FIA suport electro componding.