[W126 Coupe] Exhaust coatings

[Iain Gunn]

Hot F1 engine, turn up the sound!!! http://www.angeltowns2.net//smele/video/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Nowak" <jjnowak_32503 at yahoo.com>
To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Exhaust coatings


> Why would the high RPM engines not benefit as well?
> 
>>From pictures that I've seen, they do run ceramic
> coatings on many of the F1 cars.  The exhaust velocity
> is so much higher in the F1 engines that the air is in
> and out much much faster than your typical car engine.
> I wouldn't think that the exhaust gasses have too
> much time to cool in an F1's racing application due to
> the extreme velocity and very short exhaust system.  A
> typical car exhaust is much longer so the effects are
> much greater when you factor heat loss slowing the
> exhaust velocity.