Dead Men Walking

dMw Gaming => Sim Gaming => Racing Sims => Topic started by: TeaLeaf on September 19, 2013, 01:27:26 PM

Title: How to start your car (if it is a Sauber F1)
Post by: TeaLeaf on September 19, 2013, 01:27:26 PM


One thing they did not explain particularly well in the video and which I think is worth explaining,  is why the water & oil are pre-heated prior to starting the engine for the first time.    In order to maximise power output they manufacture the cylinders & pistons to exceedingly fine tolerances, so fine that when an engine block is cold the engine is literally seized and will not turn.     Pre-heating the water & oil allows the engine block to warm up a bit, expand ever so slightly, just enough so that the pistons are not locked in place by the cylinders.