So spec engines are okay if they’re what you want? Lol.JordanMugen wrote: ↑28 Aug 2020, 17:59Cosworth V12 for everybody.
They already built a nice 3.9L 65-degree V12 for Gordon Murray Automotive, with 653 @ 11,500rpm with 60,000 mile rebuild interval.
Put pneumatic valves on it, up the rev limit to make 1020hp @ 18,000rpm, lower the rebuild interval to 5,000 miles (obviously strengthening the bottom end as appropriate) and you have yourself a great racing engine.
It’s a cool engine, but I think you’re being optimistic with the rebuild time in racing trim.
I think it’s pretty clear Ferrari’s problems are more than just horsepower. The car is a dog relative to its competition.
The low drag talks are interesting. I don’t think it’s so much low drag, but higher speeds mean the drag is the same. Same goes for downforce. You’re not reducing downforce so to speak, just moving the amount it produces up to a higher speed.
That said, when the SCCA Runoffs were held on the Daytona road course, drivers showed up with low drag / low rolling resistance set ups. After the first two sessions, drivers were reverting back to their regular set ups as drivers who stayed with that from the get go were setting much faster lap times. Daytona would be a much more horsepower heavy track than Spa. Moral of the story is don’t underestimate how much time there is in the corners, even on “horsepower” tracks.
they repaved a single corner worth mentioning, rest of the track is the same, yet you put it like they redid the whole track silverstone 2019 style. Get a grip.