Renault F1 V10

[Andrew W. Macfadyen]

Might be something do with air velocity -- outside the trumpet the air velocity will be slower.
It could also be some to with the cloud of fuel mist stand-off you always get around the entrance trumpets.

ants wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> All this talk about where injectors should go reminded me of a video I have. It's about the Renault F1 V10 engine.
> It's about the engine development Renault conducted for the Williams team back in '96.
>
> Anyway, there is a section which has the engine running on a dyno, and a close up of it showed what looked like the injectors sitting on top of the trumpets, spraying fluid into the trumpets. Amazing stuff, but they never explained why these injectors were positioned above the trumpets instead of the usual place.
>
> Viz: 10 trumpets and 10 injectors positioned above, complete with fuel rail.
>
> Note: I am assuming it was injecting fuel, as there were no other injectors I could see below the trumpets.
>
> Anyone want to take a guess?
>
> Ants.