Any one remember the post I made a while back about Audis new TDI turbo Diesel. It is a 5.5 L all aluminum bi-turbo 90Ã,° V12. I for one was amazed at the specs and what they had built.
http://www.audi.com/audi/com/en1/experience/motorsport.html
Power 650 bhp / 485 KW
Torque 1100 Nm / 811 ft lbs
BHP/Liter 118 bhp / liter
Power to weight ratio 0.7 bhp / kg
They are looking to be the first team to win Le Mans 24 with a diesel powered car. I say good luck to them.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/4525132.stm
Well, because guess what, they won their first race in style. :D
http://www.channel4.com/4car/news/news-story.jsp?news_id=14235
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/4822360.stm
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/images/large/2611-14.jpg
http://www.conceptcarz.com/view/photo/94882,10706,0,0/photo.aspx
RAW diesel power (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v411/hells/more2/champ1.gif)
Looking good for diesel power :)
:O!
awesome diesel-ness.
Is there any actual advantage of doing this, (apart from possibly fuel efficiency? ;))
and showing someone off to be a rather clever engineer? (which they are and of which i approve!)
Obviously, yes, there is an advantage, it won its first race :)
its because vw are pushing an alternative fuelling policy atm. its easier to manufacutre bio-diesel than the petrol equivilent :)
Read that as you can run a diesel on chip fat... or rape seed oil.... or sunflower oil.... etc
Quote from: Christopher MonkeyRead that as you can run a diesel on chip fat... or rape seed oil.... or sunflower oil.... etc
You can, but its illegal i think
Its not.... you have to declare it to HM Customs and you pay a levvi on it.... but i dont think its excessive.... works out to 30p a litre as i recall
^^ 27p/litre ;)
same for bio too :D
It used to be illegal but providing you have the paperwork sorted and pay the tax then its OK. Someone else whos done it :)
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=23&h=&t=122267
1100 Nm torque is an advantage, makes it easier to keep a more precise speed.
This makes me want to go to Le Mans again :cry:
I dont know anything about Le Mans - but surely the other cars arent turbocharged?
Didnt there use to e a turbo multiplier that said that a turbocharged engine had to be 1.4 times or something smaller than the n/a models?
in lemans the turbo GT cars can be up to 4l, the NA cars can be up to 8l, ive no idea what the rules governing diesel NA or turbo cars are tho
There are different catagories of engines and capacity allowed. A diesel Turbo is allowed up to 6600CC, the highest catagory iirc. There is no restriction on the number of cylinders.
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http://www.lemans.org/accueil/ressources/pdf/2005_12_13_audi/R10_Booklet_gb.pdf
http://www.lemans.org/sport/sport/reglements/ressources/auto_2006/Regl_Particulier_2006_fr_gb.pdf
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/5085664.stm
w00t. :D
Job Done. :-)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/5085664.stm
"The only delay to affect their progress was a gearbox change after 11 hours, but the repairs took less than 10 minutes"
I wish I could do mine that fast !
modular :D
Finishing third after that sort of failure really is something, I think Audi really have done something in pushing diesel engines forwards :)
Audi are amazing at lemans, they won last year and the year before iirc
what position did bentley come this time?