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Message: Re: One possible explanation
Changed By: Roger987
Change Date: May 09, 2016 08:35PM
Re: One possible explanation
Change Date: May 09, 2016 08:35PM
Re: One possible explanation
Did you see this part? (I'm sure you did):
Engines with turbos big enough to provide boost throughout their operating range produce peak torque at low revs and then gradually run out of steam, like turbodiesels do. To combat that, gas-powertrain engineers artificially create broad torque plateaus by limiting boost at lower engine speeds. That electronic trickery [u]helps the engine more closely emulate a naturally aspirated one, [/u], but [u]even that isn't enough for Ferrari[/u]. The California T's computer also looks at gear position and limits max boost in lower gears [u]to encourage its driver to revel in the revs[/u]
So that drivers can experience something akin to the NA experience of increasing power with rising rev's (as Guenter would aptly say, the 'urgency and drama') Ferrari actually [u]reduces[/u] the turbo boost in the lower gears. Ferrari deliberately chose driving sensation over stark numbers.
Take away the sound and you've taken away a good chunk of that 'urgency and drama' in which the driver revels.
Engines with turbos big enough to provide boost throughout their operating range produce peak torque at low revs and then gradually run out of steam, like turbodiesels do. To combat that, gas-powertrain engineers artificially create broad torque plateaus by limiting boost at lower engine speeds. That electronic trickery [u]helps the engine more closely emulate a naturally aspirated one, [/u], but [u]even that isn't enough for Ferrari[/u]. The California T's computer also looks at gear position and limits max boost in lower gears [u]to encourage its driver to revel in the revs[/u]
So that drivers can experience something akin to the NA experience of increasing power with rising rev's (as Guenter would aptly say, the 'urgency and drama') Ferrari actually [u]reduces[/u] the turbo boost in the lower gears. Ferrari deliberately chose driving sensation over stark numbers.
Take away the sound and you've taken away a good chunk of that 'urgency and drama' in which the driver revels.
Original Message
Author: Roger987Date: May 09, 2016 08:30PM
Re: One possible explanation
Did you see this part? (I'm sure you did):
Engines with turbos big enough to provide boost throughout their operating range produce peak torque at low revs and then gradually run out of steam, like turbodiesels do. To combat that, gas-powertrain engineers artificially create broad torque plateaus by limiting boost at lower engine speeds. That electronic trickery helps the engine more closely emulate a naturally aspirated one, but [u]even that isn't enough for Ferrari[/u]. The California T's computer also looks at gear position and limits max boost in lower gears [u]to encourage its driver to revel in the revs[/u]
So that drivers can experience something akin to the NA experience of increasing power with rising rev's (as Guenter would aptly say, the 'urgency and drama') Ferrari actually [u]reduces[/u] the turbo boost in the lower gears. Ferrari deliberately chose driving sensation over stark numbers.
Take away the sound and you've taken away a good chunk of that 'urgency and drama' in which the driver revels.
Engines with turbos big enough to provide boost throughout their operating range produce peak torque at low revs and then gradually run out of steam, like turbodiesels do. To combat that, gas-powertrain engineers artificially create broad torque plateaus by limiting boost at lower engine speeds. That electronic trickery helps the engine more closely emulate a naturally aspirated one, but [u]even that isn't enough for Ferrari[/u]. The California T's computer also looks at gear position and limits max boost in lower gears [u]to encourage its driver to revel in the revs[/u]
So that drivers can experience something akin to the NA experience of increasing power with rising rev's (as Guenter would aptly say, the 'urgency and drama') Ferrari actually [u]reduces[/u] the turbo boost in the lower gears. Ferrari deliberately chose driving sensation over stark numbers.
Take away the sound and you've taken away a good chunk of that 'urgency and drama' in which the driver revels.