How does this apply to FSAE cars? The analysis that some people on this forum have shared says "probably not". This is what testing and validation is all about! Just because someone used to do or not do something doesn't mean they actually knew what they were doing yet. Keep in mind there is always a discovery period associated with any "cutting edge" field. If F1 were still running turbo cars today, you'ld be damn certain they'd be running ram air intakes.
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In a non-spec (competitive), high speed series like the LeMans series, if a builder isn't using ram air, they're just dumb. If you didn't realize that, take a second to let that sink in. Frankly, if there is a spec chassis, spec engine series, why spend the extra time, effort, and money developing and qualifying a system that doesn't technically need to be there?! The world of "Spec Series" enginneering is ALL about COST. Think about this in relation to Champ Car in its current and future incantations. If "it" didn't work, then maybe you shouldn't try "it" again without seriously evaluating the merit of the part or process. This should help a program seek out the "best bang for the buck" items that benefit a particular application. Only then are you going to see if it's going to work for you. This is why I always try to tell people to look for hints on other race cars, but impartially analyze and test "it" in your application if you see fit. There are plenty of FSAE cars that prove that every year. just because someone else is doing "it", definitely doesn't mean that you should do "it" as well. or that it doesn't work in some other application. The fact that a widget doesn't make it onto a race car doesn't mean that it doesn't work for that race car. This VERY MUCH applies to race teams as well (as you're all finding out) in that there is never enough time or money to test out the fancy pieces that get imagined up. Time and money rule the OE world, and if some feature isn't necessary to meet a product specification, then it sure as hell isn't going to see production. The most common thing I've seen here in the OE world is that something that would make sense in a racing application makes absolutely no sense in the OE world (usually due to cost and production considerations).
Just because it seems like a simple no-brainer to do something a certain way, that doesn't mean that it's actually better once you test try to build it and test it. Granted a ram air intake isn't brain surgery, but there is a point I'm trying to make here. This impracticality could come from a number of different sources. Impracticality tends to rear its ugly head when a design is transformed into reality. I've also seen a plethora of "great ideas" that just don't make any sense. There is a hell of a lot more to it than understanding the theory behind an idea.
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but they people they tell still has to go figure out how to do it for themselves. Ferrari, Renault, Audi, etc.) could tell everyone how they build their cars. I've been saying for a long time that Cornell (or whoever is being idolized at any particular time.
After seeing how the "real world" operates from this side of the fence, I can pretty much say categorically say that what makes sense in theory rarely makes it's way into reality.
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