Naturally Aspirated
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Joined: Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:53 am
Location: Brittany
Cars: Renault 25 TDX 1990
Volvo Amazon 1.8L 1970
Carburator setups and engine acoustics
I was discussing the ways to cheaply increase power on engines and two things popped up: multi carbs setups and acoustics.
Now, when I mean multi carb, I truly mean carb-per-cylinder, much like on motorcycles. I know DCOE carbs are a thing, but they're expensive, and using 4 single-carbs for an i4 would seem like a much better idea to get cheap power without any bad point from multi-barrel carbs (notably, the slight drop in acceleration you can get in 2 barrel carbs that make the engine have trouble revving up smoothly).
For example, a Ford Sierra 2.0L DOHC makes a jump from 100~ hp to 145~ hp once setup with a bike carb ramp modified so the carb's insides send enough gas to the engine.
I'm sure it would be a great way to have good, powerful, well-responsive and smooth engine for cheap without having to use race-tier parts.
For acoustics, I'd imagine this part would be absolute hell to make into the game, but good acoustics can really make engines reach their full potential (for those who dont know, acoustics is using the engine's vibrations and acoustic waves to make airflow better, both in intake and exhaust). Some intake manifolds setups can produce 0.4 bar of boost on N/A engines (!).
I'd like to know if multi-single carb setups are going to be implemented (12 carb V12s when?) and if acoustics are even feasible.