Technical Paper
Strategies to Evaluate Power Output in Racing Engines. Case Study: 2002 World Offshore Class I Regulations
2002-12-02
2002-01-3328
To establish a fair competition between racing vehicles is not an easy task, if different types of engine are allowed to participate (within the same class). In the Motorsports world there are several Championships where the regulations leave to the project manager substantial freedom in the vehicle-engine layout definition: The 2002 World Offshore Class I Championship (WOCC) seems to be an excellent example, since both gasoline and diesel (naturally aspirated and turbocharged) engines are admitted to race. The paper presents a power output comparison method that could be useful both for the organizers to establish a fair competition as well as for the racing engineers to decide what's the optimal layout. Since the analysis regards the maximum power, BMEP and engine speed have to be evaluated under such condition for the engines to be compared.
