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So, Daytona is coming up with it's usual lousy racing/limp throttle response.
It came to me--why don't they just use rev limiters? Plates require a ton of money to attempt to "get around". Tons of compression, probably short stroke & big bore, light bottom end parts, special heads with small ports, who knows? But it costs a boatload of money, & still produces lousy racing.
On the other hand, rev limiters require nothing, and the engine will pull right up to the limit, providing good throttle response right up to that point--and then level off.
Now, we can't have a whole field of cars rolling around Daytona going "bwap-bwap-bwap" like the short track limiters, but I have driven rentals that pull right up until they don't and there you are at 110mph or so, just rolling along. I think they retard timing or cut back fuel or both, am not sure. But I am sure the technology is already there.
Further, telemetry could provide the tower with each car's rpm, and if someone was somehow pulling more revs, instant black flag.
And it would be dead consistent from car to car. With plates, one Team can "find something", be legal, yet still faster.
Further, to Jacko's point, rev limiters could be used every week, although set to a higher rpm on non banked big tracks. Although it wouldn't entirely cut engine costs, it seems to me it would put a serious dent in the expense.
This is so simple, I feel like I must be missing something here...
Your thoughts?
It came to me--why don't they just use rev limiters? Plates require a ton of money to attempt to "get around". Tons of compression, probably short stroke & big bore, light bottom end parts, special heads with small ports, who knows? But it costs a boatload of money, & still produces lousy racing.
On the other hand, rev limiters require nothing, and the engine will pull right up to the limit, providing good throttle response right up to that point--and then level off.
Now, we can't have a whole field of cars rolling around Daytona going "bwap-bwap-bwap" like the short track limiters, but I have driven rentals that pull right up until they don't and there you are at 110mph or so, just rolling along. I think they retard timing or cut back fuel or both, am not sure. But I am sure the technology is already there.
Further, telemetry could provide the tower with each car's rpm, and if someone was somehow pulling more revs, instant black flag.
And it would be dead consistent from car to car. With plates, one Team can "find something", be legal, yet still faster.
Further, to Jacko's point, rev limiters could be used every week, although set to a higher rpm on non banked big tracks. Although it wouldn't entirely cut engine costs, it seems to me it would put a serious dent in the expense.
This is so simple, I feel like I must be missing something here...
Your thoughts?
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