Английская Википедия:Caparo T1 engine

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Шаблон:Infobox automobile engine The Caparo T1 engine is a 3.5-liter, naturally-aspirated, V-8 racing engine, designed, developed and made by Menard, and used in the Caparo T1 sports car, between 2006 and 2015. The engine itself is derived from the Nissan/Infiniti IndyCar engine, only slightly detuned.[1][2][3]

Overview

The T1 sports a Шаблон:Convert,[4] 32-valve, Шаблон:Convert, all-aluminium, naturally-aspirated, Menard V-8, with cylinder banks mounted at 90°, and lubricated via a dry-sump oil system.[5] The engine has gone through several designs, previously including a smaller 2.4-litre supercharged unit. The production design generates a maximum power of Шаблон:Convert at 10,500 revolutions per minute and a maximum torque of Шаблон:Convert at 9,000 revolutions per minute,[6] giving the car a power-to-weight ratio of 1,223 horsepower per tonne (912.8 kW/t). In addition, the engine has been reported to successfully reach Шаблон:Convert on methanol fuel.[7] The engine is controlled via a fully tunable Pectel SQ6 engine control unit and the throttle is controlled via a throttle-by-wire system.[4][8][9][10][11]

Applications

  • Caparo T1

References

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