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BMW P83 Formula 1 engine facts (from BMW)

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  1. Admiral Thrawn

    Admiral Thrawn F1 Rookie

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    #1 Admiral Thrawn, Aug 3, 2004
    BMW Corporate Communications 22 September 2003 BMW Formula One engine development in facts and figures.

    Link to full facts and figures

    Facts and figures:
    Output of the BMW P83 is over 900 bhp.
    Maximum engine speed is 19,200 rpm.
    In a race, engine speed is limited to 19,000 rpm.
    Idle speed is 4,000 rpm.

    The engine weighs less than 90 kilograms.

    The air intake volume is 1,995 cubic metres per hour.
    Maximum piston acceleration is 10,000g.
    Piston speed peaks at 40 metres per second and averages 25 metres per second.
    Exhaust temperatures of up to 950 degrees are reached.
    Maximum air temperature in the pneumatic system is 250 degrees.

    It completes a distance of 500 kilometres before undergoing revision.
    Total production of the BMW P83 is 200 units, ten of which the team takes to each race.
    Before being phased out the engine will have received 1,388 upgrade modifications.
    It comprises around 5,000 individual components, 1,000 of them different.

    The ultra-high-speed 130R turn at Suzuka with its lateral load of 4g poses the greatest challenge to the oil system.
    The BMW P83 endured the highest full-throttle proportion on the Monza circuit at 73 per cent per lap.
     
  2. imperial83

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    #2 imperial83, Aug 3, 2004
    What is impressive to look at is the time line for developement

    BMW 83 engine timeline from concept to culmination:
    - Concept: November and December 2001
    - Design: January through May 2002
    - Model construction at the BMW foundry in Landshut: March through May 2002
    - Components manufacture: April through July 2002
    - Initial assembly: July 2002
    - First bench test: 31 July 2002
    - Test phase development stage 1: August 2002 through January 2003
    - First deployment in car: 18 September 2002
    - Development to race readiness: October 2002 to mid-February 2003
    In the meantime the test phase for the BMW P84 engine was launched. Following successful bench tests, it was already being tested on the track in its 2004 season specification at Monza on 4 September 2003.

    Shows us how much effort and work goes into development in Formula 1.

    Great post. Thanks for the information. :)
     
  3. RocketBoy

    RocketBoy Formula 3

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    #3 RocketBoy, Aug 3, 2004
    So, powerful engines in F1 something new? What's the point James? Please tell me you're going to throw it in the back of a VW Beatle and attack the vast outlands of your home country, now there's something else...

    Just kidding... I wonder how long before such technology, ( ie: size of gearbox ) makes it into a street car.

    RocketBoy
     
  4. doug328

    doug328 Formula 3

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    #4 doug328, Aug 4, 2004
    amazing how hot the exhaust pipes get , it's a wonder they don't melt the bodywork during a race.
     
  5. macca

    macca Formula Junior

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    #5 macca, Aug 4, 2004
    They DO melt stuff; a couple of times MS has had to drop out with a carbon-fibre wishbone burnt through - one was at Monaco OTTOMH about three years ago.

    That could be part of the reason for the 'periscope' exhausts, though part of it is also to improve over-car airflow.


    Paul M
     

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