Marussia Invent Magic Engine Paint
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Marussia have invented some magic engine paint that is expected give a 20HP improvement to the Ferrari engines.
Marussia have invented some magic engine paint that is expected give a 20HP improvement to the Ferrari engines.
Ferrari magic paint?
Wasn’t there a rumour during the early part of this century that Ferrari experimented with nano-technology in paint? The idea being that it would ‘change shape’ to (illegally) aid aerodynamics? Apparently it was abandoned because of cost.
I read it somewhere, or possibly dreamt it.
Wasn’t there a rumour during the early part of this century that Ferrari experimented with nano-technology in paint? The idea being that it would ‘change shape’ to (illegally) aid aerodynamics? Apparently it was abandoned because of cost.
I read it somewhere, or possibly dreamt it.
SpudLink said:
Ferrari magic paint?
Wasn’t there a rumour during the early part of this century that Ferrari experimented with nano-technology in paint? The idea being that it would ‘change shape’ to (illegally) aid aerodynamics? Apparently it was abandoned because of cost.
I read it somewhere, or possibly dreamt it.
No you didn't, Nigel Roebuck wrote one of his columns in Autosport about it (when he wasn't banging on about Tony Blair!)Wasn’t there a rumour during the early part of this century that Ferrari experimented with nano-technology in paint? The idea being that it would ‘change shape’ to (illegally) aid aerodynamics? Apparently it was abandoned because of cost.
I read it somewhere, or possibly dreamt it.
BritishRacinGrin said:
'more heat to the turbine'- I thought you'd want to keep heat away from the turbine? unless it has something to do with MGU-H?
No, the more heat in the air, the more energy is in it, and there will be a larger differential of pressure between the two sides of the turbine.BritishRacinGrin said:
'more heat to the turbine'- I thought you'd want to keep heat away from the turbine? unless it has something to do with MGU-H?
Turbines are driven by heat, not by the exhaust gasses 'blowing' them round. So you want as much heat in to the turbine as you can get away with.
Richyvrlimited said:
No, the more heat in the air, the more energy is in it, and there will be a larger differential of pressure between the two sides of the turbine.
tristancliffe said:
urbines are driven by heat, not by the exhaust gasses 'blowing' them round. So you want as much heat in to the turbine as you can get away with.
That's interesting, I never thought of that- but it makes sense if you turn the theory on it's head and think of it as a jet engine. tristancliffe said:
urbines are driven by heat, not by the exhaust gasses 'blowing' them round. So you want as much heat in to the turbine as you can get away with.
Que?Turbines are driven by the movement of exhaust gas pushing the turbine wheel around. If you have a larger differential of pressure on the manifold side to the exhaust side, the air will move faster, it'll try to get to the low pressure side
More heat means more pressure pre turbine, which means a larger pressure differential.
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