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Originally Posted by Grant M
Compound turbos = 100psi.
info I have read about the 2013 F1 season, they are going back to turbo charged cars, but with compound turbos!!
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Don't get too excited
If you read the whole FIA rules proposal it is a
fucked formula, WI is banned, VGT is banned, exotic materials are banned, they even dictate how a waste gated system must be run etc etc, it goes on and on and its gayer than an Elton John concert
The "compound" part they refer too is an old aviation trick of running a second turbine coupled back to the crank shaft via a gear box system, this increases engine efficiency and a little bit of power, some trucks used to run this system as well.
The compounded systems are around 125psi FWI
pretty radical stuff but I will get shot if I talk much about it lol.