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[Helterkskelter]

[colour=red][b] Does anyone out there know the technical spec of a Formula 1 engine. e.g acceleration, top speed and deceleration rate of the car????? [b][colour]

[kober]

Originally posted by Helterkskelter
[colour=red][b] Does anyone out there know the technical spec of a Formula 1 engine. e.g acceleration, top speed and deceleration rate of the car????? [b][colour]

If you do a quick search in the forum, you'll get a lot of numbers, from which you can choose the correct ones...

[Helterkskelter]

Why thanks thas so much help!!!!

[Lukin]

What did your last slave die of?

[Ben]

Originally posted by Helterkskelter
Why thanks thas so much help!!!!

Common courtesy to search a BB before asking a question. Don't get upset when someone suggests you do it, you won't last long otherwise.

Ben

[Helterkskelter]

Yeah i did look but probably typed the wrong thing. I aint bein ungrateful just sarcastic!!!!

[Ferrari_F1_fan_2001]

[colour=red][b] Does anyone out there know the technical spec of a Formula 1 engine. e.g acceleration, top speed and deceleration rate of the car????? [b][colour]


3.0 V10 engine
top teams have engines that can rev upwards of 18,000RPM (i think the BMW does 19,000 but not sure)
top speed, well that depends, but all cars are closely matched these days in a straight line, its through the twisty bits that the time is made up these days
Deceleration, well if a driver lifts off the loud pedel it can generate upto 1.0G in a straight line and upto 1.5G in a bend (lifting off that is)

Top speeds, Monza - 90% of the cars capable of 220mph upwards (even the minardi's) but like i said, the time these days is made up in the slow bits (ie the corners)

[FordFan]

I think he wants something like 0 to 100 kph and back to 0 type numbers. Don't know what they are myself - something like 6 seconds or something ridiculous like that.

Top speed recently was by Montoya at Monza, wasn't it. Just go to Monza last year in the Atlas archive and get the top trap speed. Course, with constant tech reg tweaking, this change readily. Put slicks on the car and they'll do just about everything quicker.

[Lukin]

I expect them to to 0-100-0 (in km/h) in 2 seconds or there abouts. I read that the cars can do 0-100 in 1.2 seconds and can decellerate much quicker than that so I would expect a time under 2 seconds for them.

[Ferrari_F1_fan_2001]

Originally posted by Lukin
I expect them to to 0-100-0 (in km/h) in 2 seconds or there abouts. I read that the cars can do 0-100 in 1.2 seconds and can decellerate much quicker than that so I would expect a time under 2 seconds for them.

Nah 1.2 seconds is ridiculous man, that is quite literally against the law of physics for these cars. a Jet fighter does 0-100kph in 1 second with many thousands of pounds of thrust. An F1 car does 0-100 (60mph) a tenth or two quicker than a superbike, so in around 2.1seconds (i dont see them breaking the 2 second barrier to be honest). 0-100mph (160kph) and back to zero is done in a mind boggling 4 seconds!!!!

[Ben]

Originally posted by Lukin
I expect them to to 0-100-0 (in km/h) in 2 seconds or there abouts. I read that the cars can do 0-100 in 1.2 seconds and can decellerate much quicker than that so I would expect a time under 2 seconds for them.

0-100kmh is about 2.35G - unlikely.

Ben

[xflow7]

Regarding 0-100-0 (mph). Some UK magazine or other did a test a year or two ago with a number of hot street cars, a hill climb car, and a Jag F1 car. The Jag did it in 5.9 sec [edited to correct value]. Fastest street car was a Caterham R500 in 11.something.

[Lukin]

Sorry bout that. Must of crossed my wires somewhere.

Now I think of it, there was an article with JPM and Sete Gibernau comparing their paces and lap times.

[dosco]

Originally posted by Ferrari_F1_fan_2001
a Jet fighter does 0-100kph in 1 second with many thousands of pounds of thrust.

Perhaps when slung from an aircraft carrier with a catapult, but not on engine thrust alone.

[rgsuspsa]

Regarding acceleration only, nitro-methane fueled, NHRA unlimited dragster, 0-300+MPH,(482+KPH)
approximately 5.5 seconds. Deceleration to stop is much less.

Ron Sparks

[Lukin]

http://f1.racing-liv...508040953.shtml

Montoya says 2.5 seconds 0-100 km/h. So I think they would do 0-100-0 in 3.5 seconds or there abouts?

[J. Edlund]

Originally posted by Lukin
http://f1.racing-liv...508040953.shtml

Montoya says 2.5 seconds 0-100 km/h. So I think they would do 0-100-0 in 3.5 seconds or there abouts?

Acceleration at low speeds (below 150 km/h or at some low speed tracks slightly lower) are grip limited, so if the car goes to 100 km/h in 2.5 seconds, you should expect 0-100-0 km/h to take around the double time, that's around 5 seconds.

But it should also be noted that the carbon-carbon brakes need tp be warm to offer their best performance.

Performance according to the book Ferrari Formula One
0-100 km/h: 2.8 s
1/4 mile: 8.8 s / 297 km/h

Fuel consumption: 63-72 litres/100 km

They don't quote any braking figures for 100-0 km/h as there is no point doing that, maximum brake performance is however 4.4 g, of which 1 g is caused by aerodynamic drag. Today the braking is probably over 5 g. This allows the driver to drop about 100 km/h in just one second, but this is only at high speed.

Renault for example have a little more weight on the rear, about 60 percent instead of less than 55 which other teams use. This can be one reason of why they are so fast away from the start line.

[ivanalesi]

It's faster than this 2.8, there was a test with some crazy lotus 7 replica, with 2 hayabusa engines low weight, not in excess of 500kg and the same 2.8 seconds:) They were selling it last year on autosport and this record has been done with Tiff Needle at the wheel... But F1 accelerates much faster in 100-200 than 0-100:)))

[clSD139]

Nah 1.2 seconds is ridiculous man, that is quite literally against the law of physics for these cars. a Jet fighter does 0-100kph in 1 second with many thousands of pounds of thrust. An F1 car does 0-100 (60mph) a tenth or two quicker than a superbike, so in around 2.1seconds (i dont see them breaking the 2 second barrier to be honest). 0-100mph (160kph) and back to zero is done in a mind boggling 4 seconds!!!!

On of the fastest horizontal accelerations is the launch from a carrier, a 20 ton F14 can be airborne in 2sec.! It has to go faster than 200 km/h! The pilot nearly passes out every time. It might not be spectacular in G's but is't pure force in contrary to not-kinetic accelerations like free falls, hits,... I don't think that the jet-engine can blow that strong in the air (+200 km/h in 2 sec.)!