BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to Formula 1@lemmy.world · 10 days agoF1’s new engines are causing consternation over compression ratiosarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down11
arrow-up126arrow-down1external-linkF1’s new engines are causing consternation over compression ratiosarstechnica.comBlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to Formula 1@lemmy.world · 10 days agomessage-square10linkfedilink
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 days agoI thought it was pretty clear what the advantage was. If you need it here’s a super simple explanation: higher engine compression better than lower engine compression FIA rule says all engines must be the same fixed compression size FIA also says engine size measured when engines cold Certain materials change size with temperature Some engine teams figured out that they can make their engine produce slightly higher compression at high race temperatures Result: some engines have higher compression than others yet all engines legally pass the fixed compression size rule.
I thought it was pretty clear what the advantage was. If you need it here’s a super simple explanation: