Can anyone edit/build an engine for me?

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Dan Wilkie Songs

Hi, I've been reading recently about the new engine that's being developed for Formula 1 next year and basically, I think it'd be great if we could sample it and get a bit of a feel for it. So, I was wondering, if I give you all the most up-to-date figures I've found that the new engine is expected to produce, would anyone be able to write the text/ini. files I could use with the Formula Reiza mod with all the characteristics for the new engine?

They've recently upped their estimates for power and such a fair bit, and they won't be exact I'm sure, but close enough to get a good feel for it. The most recent figures I have managed to find are these:


It's a 1.6 litre V6 Turbo (Single Turbo, Single exit exhaust)

700hp Engine + 161hp "Kers", a temporary boost button giving 33.3 second's-worth-a-lap boost.
(Or if you can't incorporate temporary boost, simply an engine of 861hp overall)

500bar direct fuel injection pressure. Boost pressure to be capped at a "typical Maximum" 3.5 bar abs. (?)

600nm of Torque.

15000 Rpm Rev Limit.

8 forward gears.

Weighs 145kg. Although I don't know if you need to know that xD

Any other numbers/figures you need I'll find out for you.

Obviously the Formula Reiza car isn't exactly the same as the 2014 cars will be, they'll most likely have wider rear tyres, lower noses, narrower wings etc so I'll have to turn down the downforce a bit, but I think it'd be fun if we could sample driving the engine and see how it feels!

- Dan
 
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Forgive this question but why don't you do it by yourself?

Take THIS (hope it still works) Tool for example and create the engine performance chart or edit an existing engine.ini.

Try it out, it's not that hard.
 
I have tried using that, I can make it so it has 15000rpm and 861hp, but I can't change the torque independently without affecting the other 2, it stays around 450nm when it should be apparently 600nm. I also can't add an 8th gear or understand how to make it a turbo, specifically a 1.6 litre v6 (Is it even possible to be that specific?) or map the boost button/boost characteristics or anything like that. I was hoping someone who knew what they were doing could probably make a more detailed/more accurate version of it!
 
rF doesn't care if it is turbo, diesel, gasoline or hydrogen...

To the software an engine is purely a series of parameter, the main one being the power/torque curve.

Torque and Power are related, one defines the other:
Power = Torque * Engine speed.

the 861 hp you talk about are the engine output + kers output. So, if you model only the IC engine, then you should probably target to a lower power. You can try to model the Kers output with plugins like the HighVoltage one. It should be intended to reproduce a "kers-like" effect.

The IC engine itself has a lower power. Moreover, you should know at how many rpm the engine is producing maximum torque or, better, you should have a reasonable torque curve to input. Otherwise, you can try to guess something. It will never be perfect of course, but better than nothing!
 
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