Honda Formula One Turbo-charged V-6 1.5L Engine Honda R&D Company, Limited

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Otobe, Yutaka, author.

Conference Name:

SAE International Congress & Exposition (1989-02-27 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource cm

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1989

Summary:

The "RA168E", a turbo-charged V-6 1.5-liter engine, was developed by Honda Motor Company, Limited for the 1988 Formula One Championship Race events.Despite boost restrictions (2.5bar), the engine boasts a maximum power of 504 kw (685 ps), which is equivalent to 336 kw/ℓ (457 ps/ℓ). The development of improvements on the fuel consumption of this engine allowed the achievement of a minimum brake specific fuel consumption of 272 g/kwh (200 g/Psh).This paper Introduces major specifications, along with power output and fuel consumption characteristics of the RA168E racing engine. In addition, the effects of intake air temperature, boost, air-fuel ratio, fuel temperature and fuel ingredients on fuel efficiency and power output are presented

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Publisher Number:

890877

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