They don't have a choice. I don't think you are allowed to block the garages anymore.
They don't have a choice. I don't think you are allowed to block the garages anymore.
This intercooler layout is nice. They can lay the intercooler down on the floor and lower the CG.vorticism wrote: ↑24 Mar 2022, 20:37If it is split turbo, I was trying to make sense of why the airbox is so far back. Also, why there seems to be no plenum elbow ahead of the engine, where you might expect the compressor inlet to be. Maybe they've flipped the compressor around. They have many seasons of experience running the inlet over the compressor shaft.
https://i.imgur.com/rzpiB1f.jpg
Another explanation is that it is not split turbo, the compressor is still at the back, and the intercooler position might have been changed.
If it turns out to not be split turbo, then the next question is, why do the plenums run down the front of the engine? So in either case it's looking like maybe the intercooler is now low down in front of the engine. Whereas other years it was higher up. In which case, how would they connect a rear mounted compressor to a low front intercooler? The charge pipe would either be routed thru the vee as in previous years, or run along the crankcase. Maybe even two charge pipes either side of the crankcase, connecting to two individual charge coolers leading to the pipes visible in the photo.AR3-GP wrote: ↑25 Mar 2022, 00:16This intercooler layout is nice. They can lay the intercooler down on the floor and lower the CG.vorticism wrote: ↑24 Mar 2022, 20:37If it is split turbo, I was trying to make sense of why the airbox is so far back. Also, why there seems to be no plenum elbow ahead of the engine, where you might expect the compressor inlet to be. Maybe they've flipped the compressor around. They have many seasons of experience running the inlet over the compressor shaft.
Another explanation is that it is not split turbo, the compressor is still at the back, and the intercooler position might have been changed.
This already sounds so complicated that I have to believe it's a split turbo, to avoid answering your questions about the complicated routing.vorticism wrote: ↑25 Mar 2022, 00:51If it turns out to not be split turbo, then the next question is, why do the plenums run down the front of the engine? So in either case it's looking like maybe the intercooler is now low down in front of the engine. Whereas other years it was higher up. In which case, how would they connect the connect a rear mounted compressor to a low front intercooler? The charge pipe would either be routed thru the vee as in previous years, or run along the crankcase.AR3-GP wrote: ↑25 Mar 2022, 00:16This intercooler layout is nice. They can lay the intercooler down on the floor and lower the CG.vorticism wrote: ↑24 Mar 2022, 20:37If it is split turbo, I was trying to make sense of why the airbox is so far back. Also, why there seems to be no plenum elbow ahead of the engine, where you might expect the compressor inlet to be. Maybe they've flipped the compressor around. They have many seasons of experience running the inlet over the compressor shaft.
https://i.imgur.com/rzpiB1f.jpg
Another explanation is that it is not split turbo, the compressor is still at the back, and the intercooler position might have been changed.
Mark Hughes said recently it is not split turbo. Interesting to see whether it is or not. Maybe we will find out soon.vorticism wrote: ↑24 Mar 2022, 20:37If it is split turbo, I was trying to make sense of why the airbox is so far back. Also, why there seems to be no plenum elbow ahead of the engine, where you might expect the compressor inlet to be. Maybe they've flipped the compressor around. They have many seasons of experience running the inlet over the compressor shaft.
https://i.imgur.com/rzpiB1f.jpg
Another explanation is that it is not split turbo, the compressor is still at the back, and the intercooler position might have been changed.
As far as i remember the engine freeze has two homologation deadlines. March 1st and Septembre 1st.
I was just thinking the same thing, a pair of longitudinal charge coolers would work.vorticism wrote: ↑25 Mar 2022, 00:51If it turns out to not be split turbo, then the next question is, why do the plenums run down the front of the engine? So in either case it's looking like maybe the intercooler is now low down in front of the engine. Whereas other years it was higher up. In which case, how would they connect a rear mounted compressor to a low front intercooler? The charge pipe would either be routed thru the vee as in previous years, or run along the crankcase. Maybe even two charge pipes either side of the crankcase, connecting to two individual charge coolers leading to the pipes visible in the photo.AR3-GP wrote: ↑25 Mar 2022, 00:16This intercooler layout is nice. They can lay the intercooler down on the floor and lower the CG.vorticism wrote: ↑24 Mar 2022, 20:37If it is split turbo, I was trying to make sense of why the airbox is so far back. Also, why there seems to be no plenum elbow ahead of the engine, where you might expect the compressor inlet to be. Maybe they've flipped the compressor around. They have many seasons of experience running the inlet over the compressor shaft.
https://i.imgur.com/rzpiB1f.jpg
Another explanation is that it is not split turbo, the compressor is still at the back, and the intercooler position might have been changed.
Better late than never, I would say. Read the comments below that post (I cheer strangely on the elegant opinion of a certain RJ) ... but maybe I'm a little bit biased.
You can still sense a bit of face saving hereWHY FERRARI’S PUZZLING SIDEPODS....