Cool Porsche test of new engine: video

[lateapex911]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv53RbvgfGc&NR=1

[JeremyD]

very cool - but I am also guessing at under 1G

[3.2Carrera]

wow thats a great video, leave it to Porsche to do all the proper engine testing....that motor sounds amazing....

[lateapex911]

Originally Posted by JeremyD

very cool - but I am also guessing at under 1G

Well, it's supposed to be a lap of the Ring, and I'd assume they'd be cornering at a G or a bit higher, and braking over a G. Now, I'm no physic genius, but, it seems to me that while a car is cornering at 1G, it is also being affected by 1G gravity, so the net result isn't just a g sideways.
It looked to me like that rig could slosh the oil pretty far, and I'd believe them if they said the cornering loads were being replicated accurately.

[dshepp806]

That's some cool stuff......

Best,

Doyle

[vreference]

Originally Posted by lateapex911

Now, I'm no physic genius, but, it seems to me that while a car is cornering at 1G, it is also being affected by 1G gravity, so the net result isn't just a g sideways.

Yeah I believe your right - 1G Lateral plus gravity would end up being the square root of 2 or 1.4G but if we are only concerned with where the oil goes and not how much pressure it's under I believe their setup can simulate well over 1G as a function of the same vector trig.

[livi]

Amazing! Very neat set up.