
Please go at: 11:48
Always stronger vs the 1.8t, for the same horse power:
The Diesel deception.
(Just a first glance from the g60's point of view).
24/January/17
50% less? No! Wrong! It is 78% less!
200 kgr. heavier? No! It is 550 kgr. heavier!
Research paper.
Martin Treiber (corresponding author)
Institute for Transport & Economics
Technische Universität Dresden
Arne Kesting
Institute for Transport & Economics
Technische Universität Dresden
Christian Thiemann
Institute for Transport & Economics
Technische Universität Dresden
27/January/17
Applying a Fuel Consumption Model to the NGSIM Trajectory Data"
This is a paper having the above central idea. And there is nothing special with this, it is a matter of the routine operation of an academic institution.
But there is something really strange. To make the necessary measurements, two conventional cars are employed. One compact, diesel, car, a Polo 1.4, (a 1990 model), and a medium passenger car which is, no more no less, a Passat Syncro g60, (!), (of the same era).
The authors of the paper, consider the Passat as a conventional car, proper for representative measurements, although it is 4wd, using an engine with an unique supercharger, old and very rare!
Of course, it couldn't be better for the goals of the present page, so let's see, not the total paper, which has an absolutely different reason for it's creation, but the very interesting comparative data about the fuel consumption of the two cars used, the one compact, 2wd and diesel, and the other, medium, 4wd and petrol.
The authors of the paper give us the specifications of the two, (probably as they tested):
Parameter VW Passat Syncro Petrol VW Polo Diesel
Effective cylinder volume C cyl 1.8l 1.4l
Basic power consumption P 0 3kW 2kW
Vehicle mass m 1600kg 1050kg
Friction coefficient µ 0 0.015 0.015
Friction coefficient µ 1 0.0003s/m 0.0003s/m
Cross-sectional area A 2.03m 2 1.70m 2
Air-drag coefficient (cd-value) c w 0.32 0.36
Table 1: Car data for typical passenger cars like a VW Passat and a VW Polo.
Important points:
1)Passat has more cubic inches.
2)Passat has supercharger.
3)Passat is 550 kgr. heavier.
4)Passat has a wider cross-sectional area.
5)Passat is 4wd and Polo 2wd.
6)Passat has better aerodynamics.
7)Passat uses petrol as fuel and Polo diesel.
Strategic assumption: the car is going to be used for medium and long distance traveling.
If the criterion is the best possible fuel economy, someone has to choose the compact, diesel, car. Right?
Wrong!
As we can see in the above diagrams, traveling with a speed of 130-140 km/h, (of course 140 km/h is the limit for the little, diesel, engine but not for the traveler), the diesel, compact, 2wd, car uses two to five times more fuel than the bigger, heavier, 4wd, petrol g60! Or, the Passat g60 is up to78% more fuel efficient , (in terms of quantity), than the Polo!
06/August/2017
SAE paper, the g-lader
For example:
Superchargers:
Rotrex Superchargers:
" When used within specifications the Rotrex supercharger does not wear due to the traction design that has no metal to metal contact. The life span of a Rotrex supercharger is more than 100.000 km assuming operating conditions are within specifications and recommended oil change frequencies are followed".
Turbos:
The engine oil is highly stressed circulating through them.
Bearing failings, case crackings, (especially when a 4x4 vehicle is passing through water), and all these may start as low as 50.000 km.!
the g-lader
The third generation g-lader, with the wider 11 m.m. small belt, seems to be bulletproof.
(Starting from new, it needs a service every ~100.000 km).
But there are coming and the newer generations, (not by vw), g65, g70 e.t.c.. Who knows...
08/August/2019
Seven years of use, 43.000 k.m. with the wider 11 m.m. small belt, Gates, powergrip.
The belt is extracted for inspection/change.
There are no signs of wear/damage. It seems that changing it now, to be on the safe side, is not necessary.
It seems that a change at the belts service, at a 80.000 k.m. -100.000 k.m. interval, could be rational.
Any way, the change is done. But the screams, of the past, about its fragility, seems to be no sense, as well as, the direction to change it every year (!).
( This observation is not for the tiny, original, 6 m.m. belt, though).
12 August 2024
"Hello!
I would be happy to try to explain this to you.
The magnesium displacer only weighs approx. 720 grams. The aluminum displacer weighs 1069 grams.
The low weight of the magnesium displacer puts less strain on the bearings and shafts. The risk of the displacer touching the housing at high speeds is significantly lower.
With the aluminum displacer, the load on the bearings and shafts is higher. The advantage of aluminum is that the material is harder. There is hardly any wear on the running surfaces or grooves.
It depends a little on your driving style which displacer is better for you. If you tend to ride more comfortably, at low revs and prefer to ride a larger impeller, the aluminum displacer is perfectly adequate.
However, if you ride sportily, at higher speeds and would prefer to ride a smaller wheel, then the magnesium displacer is the right one for you!
Tobias Theibach
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