Thank you for making my todays birthday and xMas beautiful whit this last few words....Wazari wrote:I have not heard anything about testing the whole PU, just the ICE with turbocharger. Honda believes at this point their ICE is equal in terms of power output with Merc if not superior. I am also under the belief that both the turbine and compressor are completely redesigned along with a new MGU-H unit. I also believe that McLaren is committed to the "size 0" packaging and of course Honda must work within that packaging.
All I know is that according to my nephew, his colleagues seem genuinely enthusiastic about the new PU and really think they are going to surprise a lot of people. When they bolt this new PU into the chassis for testing, a lot of speculation will be quenched.
お誕生日おめでとうございます. Otanjoubi omedetou gozaimasu.GoranF1 wrote:Thank you for making my todays birthday and xMas beautiful whit this last few words....Wazari wrote:I have not heard anything about testing the whole PU, just the ICE with turbocharger. Honda believes at this point their ICE is equal in terms of power output with Merc if not superior. I am also under the belief that both the turbine and compressor are completely redesigned along with a new MGU-H unit. I also believe that McLaren is committed to the "size 0" packaging and of course Honda must work within that packaging.
All I know is that according to my nephew, his colleagues seem genuinely enthusiastic about the new PU and really think they are going to surprise a lot of people. When they bolt this new PU into the chassis for testing, a lot of speculation will be quenched.
If true than that would be impressive. Also from a fuel perspective. Mercedes-Petronas and Ferrari-Shell have had 2 seasons of development, and substancial performance has been found in that period of time. For Honda-Mobil1 to already catch up on ICE performance, well, good job.Wazari wrote:Honda believes at this point their ICE is equal in terms of power output with Merc if not superior.
Considering Honda's ICE was about 50bhp down as compared to Mercedes this year and we would see a 50bhp upgrade for 2016 Mercedes engine, I believe Honda would need a 100bhp jump in ICE output. Now that is a lot.Wazari wrote:I have not heard anything about testing the whole PU, just the ICE with turbocharger. Honda believes at this point their ICE is equal in terms of power output with Merc if not superior.
I highly doubt the ICE itself is 50 bhp behind Mercedes and I also don't think Mercedes will have an improvement of 50 bhp like they had last winter.damager21 wrote:Considering Honda's ICE was about 50bhp down as compared to Mercedes this year and we would see a 50bhp upgrade for 2016 Mercedes engine, I believe Honda would need a 100bhp jump in ICE output. Now that is a lot.Wazari wrote:I have not heard anything about testing the whole PU, just the ICE with turbocharger. Honda believes at this point their ICE is equal in terms of power output with Merc if not superior.
If Honda has really managed to achieve this then hats off to them.
Music to my ears, thanks for sharing. We need good news from JapanWazari wrote:I have not heard anything about testing the whole PU, just the ICE with turbocharger. Honda believes at this point their ICE is equal in terms of power output with Merc if not superior. I am also under the belief that both the turbine and compressor are completely redesigned along with a new MGU-H unit. I also believe that McLaren is committed to the "size 0" packaging and of course Honda must work within that packaging.
All I know is that according to my nephew, his colleagues seem genuinely enthusiastic about the new PU and really think they are going to surprise a lot of people. When they bolt this new PU into the chassis for testing, a lot of speculation will be quenched.