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Friday, March 21, 2014
For a short period of time during their
running on day 4 (inset), Mercedes continued their assault on ticking
the boxes, dotting the I's and crossing the T's. This came in the
form of yet another cooling option but one that the team have used on
their previous cars. The snorkel inlet reside atop of the engine
cover a little aft of the engine airbox and in most likelihood takes
care of cooling an oil cooler that usually resides above the gearbox
or the Turbo's turbine which sits on the rear of the Mercedes power
unit (Mercedes have split their Turbo with the compressor sitting one
end of the engines V and the turbine the other, with a connecting
shaft and MGU-H running through the V.
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In Melbourne a revised version of these
(perhaps hurriedly on site 3D printed appendages for the last test)
appeared on the W05 signaling their long term inclusion as part of
the cooling package. The snorkel inlets are a little larger and
although this will compromise rear wing performance a little it's
better to be on the safe side of the thermal margins at this early
stage.
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Hi,
ReplyDeleteDo you have any photos of the Mercedes engine? I assume having the compressor and turbine housing split across the engine allows Mercedes to run with a smaller intercooler (than if the housings were next to each other)? Do Renault and Ferrari split the housing across the engine like this?
Dan