The Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) on the 499P
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Knowledge – The Ferrari 499P that won the recent 24 Hours of Le Mans, is a race car that brings onto the track several technologies that represent cutting edge development. The internal combustion engine which is made up of around 500 components is part of a new V6 platform developed for road cars first, and then for race cars. The key aim on the 499P engine design was to ensure that the components added were extremely light weight using materials that would allow for the best relationship between strength and lightness.
With the FIA WEC’s regulations, power delivery is limited at any one time to 500kW overall. With the four wheel drive activated, performance is very much maximised on the car during a race.
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