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Rotary Equivalent to aggressive cams lolz
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LT1 = 450hp @ 6000 => 394 lb-ft @ 6000rpm specific torque at peak power = 394/6.2 = 64 lb-ft/liter 1ZZ "turd pile" = 140hp @ 6400 => 115 lb-ft @ 6400rpm specific torque at peak power = 115/1.8 = 64 lb-ft/liter LT1 is breathing as well at 6000 as the 1ZZ is at 6400. Of course it does breathe better than the 1ZZ at peak torque rpm: LT1 => 450 lb-ft/6.2 liters = 73 lb-ft/liter 1ZZ => 122 lb-ft/1.8 liters = 68 lb-ft/liter But anyway, it's all a means to an end. For me, I care about two things: how much power does it make, and how much does it weigh. The LT1 makes good power out of a relatively small and lightweight package. Sweeet... Quote:
The 6.2 LS3 isn't even at peak torque until 4600rpm. That's 200rpm higher than the 1ZZ's torque peak! For the sake of argument, lets say the LT1 is making its peak torque of 450 lb-ft at 4000rpm. Why would that be a *bad* thing? *ANY* engine is doing its best at PEAK POWER. Which is at 6000rpm on the new LT1. Guaranteed it will still be breathing well enough at its 6500rpm redline. I would bet that redline rpm will be optimal for every shift. Quote:
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But again, hp/L is not the be-all/end-all. GM developed this engine to meet their power target while providing better driveability with the 6.2. Going to a 5.5 at the same power level would almost certainly make the car less real-world enjoyable for most people who will buy it, and tweaked to give the same peak power output and shorter-geared to provide the same acceleration in gears it would probably get no better fuel mileage. If you're that stuck on hp/L, there are plenty of AP1 S2000's out there. 120hp/L, yay! I love mine. But I also love my vastly inferior hp/L V8 RX-7... |
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@ZDan Nah, I did the math, but turns out I was using a number I had in my head (which wasn't correct), which was 6000rpm, 138hp. My apologies.
There's a reason why specific torque (or mean effective pressure) is the standard pissing contest yardstick for engineers (something like that is how 3MI racing/Homemade_WRX put it), and that's because specific power is largely about how fast you can turn the engine, but specific torque is about how much air you can cram in there and burn efficiently, and not lose out over friction. Specific torque at power peak gives a hint as to how "hot" the cams are. When you have a sophisticated combustion chamber design with direct injection, you would expect a higher specific torque. In the case of the LT1, the specific torque at the power peak is rather low for a direct injected modern engine. Despite the 1ZZ having the same specific torque, the 1ZZ has a 15 year old design, so the 1ZZ is almost certainly sucking in more air to produce that 64 ft-lb/L. That is to say, LT1 is not breathing as well, because it has a higher efficiency. At 140hp, the 1ZZ is not really breathing well either at its power peak. I fully understand that when it comes to performance peak power is pretty much the only useful measure. I'm just saying, you can look at the other engine attributes and easily see that they compromised peak power quite a lot. It's still a good engine by any measure, I just think they could've chosen some slightly different cams. I haven't gotten my fingers dirty with actual cam specs, but I suspect that making the intake cam a little bigger would help this engine a lot. Great news for the enthusiast who is willing to switch them though, probably could get 500hp without driveability/smoothness problems, and as you say, in such a compact and lightweight package, that is pretty freaking awesome. @muffinman of course, but it's not really fair to say "the aftermarket can fix this" because then you could argue that any shitbox with an economy motor could have a cheap cam swap and gain tons of power. That's why the BRZ with its FA20 costs a pretty penny for its 200 horses, and I don't think anyone thinks the car is worse because swapping cams wouldn't have as big of an effect. Also, the only reason to turn off cylinder deactivation is if it's not smooth, but if they haven't gotten the process to be smooth, then we get another shining example of how government bailouts work just great, right? Last edited by serialk11r; 01-15-2013 at 06:28 PM. |
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450hp is a tremendous amount of power. There are many ways to make 450hp. This way turns out to be a pretty good one as far as weight, size, cost, all-around driveability, emissions, and fuel economy are concerned. Optimizing for these and perhaps dozens of other factors won't necessarily result in stellar "specific output" numbers. Quote:
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you guys are silly...
the new LT1 is doing everything right imo, and manged to be spunkier, lighter, and greener than its predecessor the 7.0L LS7. I think its just amazing that the LT1 uses VVT with cam phasing, and a high compression but GM claims it doesn't require premium fuel anymore unlike the previous generations.
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The LSx engines' BMEP has never been impressive, but then again they don't really need to. They make massive torque, efficiency be damned. It's the American way. That said, I'd be happy if they went quasi-Atkinson cycle during the V-4 low-load mode to get >30MPG hwy while also churning out 450HP at WOT. That'd get me amused no matter what the BMEP is.
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Aside from the discussion, looks kinda like the GTR from some angles. Hmmm...I bet that is the car that stole significant customers away from the ZR1
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I liked the looks of the c7 at first, but after about 20 minutes, the novelty of its vents and overly sculpted body panels reminded me of the song, pretty fly for a white guy from the Offspring. Its like its trying too hard...
Technically, its a wonderful advancement, theyve done what they needed to do to make a successor a success and raise the bar a little more.
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Worth noting that larger-displacement at lower rpm will inherently be at something of a compression ratio disadvantage, hence lower BMEP. That doesn't mean the big-inch/low revs solution can't be both powerful and fuel efficient, while also being compact and lightweight. Big OHV V8s will never set torque/ or power/displacement records, but damned if they don't work BRILLIANTLY |
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