nberry:
Grant:
crayphile:
Porker:

But who is supposed to build it? Under what brand? I'm really happy to hear of this release, but a bit sceptical of its feasibility to be honest.

Yes, how long will that engine last at over 12K revs?

I’m not sure it has to be quite the grenade it may seem.  Consider that it has less displacement than a GT3, but has twice the cylinders.  So, the average piston speeds and inertia are far lower than you would expect with those sorts of revs (much lighter pistons that move a much shorter distance per rev).  For example, when F1 cars had 2.4L NA V8 engines they revved over 20,000 rpm (for a few hours).  

They had similar displacement per cylinder as this T50 car (300cc vs. 330cc)...

In fact, with only a stroke of less than 40mm, piston speeds of this F1 engine at 20,000 rpm were similar to the GT3 at its 9,000 rpm redline (81.5mm stroke and 667cc displacement per cylinder).

https://www.enginelabs.com/news/high-revving-thrills-formula-1-engines-at-20000-rpm/

And if the T50 has a similar bore x stroke as the V8 F1 engines, then piston speeds at 12,000 rpm will be similar to a GT3 at just over 6,000 rpm.  But, they will likely go for a bit less bore and a bit more stroke for better driveability (but entirely likely that its pistons will be moving at average speeds slower than a GT3's).


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18 GT3 Manual, 73 Carrera RS 2.7 Carbon Fiber replica (1,890 lbs), 06 EVO9 with track mods. Former: 16 Cayman GT4, 73 911S, Two 951S's, 996 C2, 993 C2, 98 Ferrari 550, 79 635CSi

 

Grant, after reading your above post, I realized how little I know about engines.Smiley I got dizzy reading your explanation.Smiley

It's actually a simple concept, poorly explained Smiley


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18 GT3 Manual, 73 Carrera RS 2.7 Carbon Fiber replica (1,890 lbs), 06 EVO9 with track mods. Former: 16 Cayman GT4, 73 911S, Two 951S's, 996 C2, 993 C2, 98 Ferrari 550, 79 635CSi