Ricardo To Construct 'World's Greenest Super-Car Engine'
Contrived and formulated by Ricardo in partnership with McLaren, the state-of-the-art M838T 90 degree, V8 twin-turbo engine, claimed to be the world's greenest supercar engine, is truly classy in many key respects. Employing the tardiest materials and engine design technology, the engine delivers 600 horsepower at 200kg and boasts carbon-dioxide emissions of just 279g/km in the McLaren MP4-12C high-performance sports car.
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A worker testing the new green McLaren engine
Its fuel consumption is also superb, reflecting the use of an grim focus on the reduction of internal friction. The ensuing highly downsized engine constitutes a new benchmark for high performance turbo-charged engine design, rendering an exceptional driving experience with instant throttle response and feedback. The brand engineering prospects of the design and development support provided by Ricardo extended also to the definition and creation of a sound quality that will become immediately recognizable to McLaren's very sophisticated customers.
"It was vital that we had an engine partner, not just a supplier, with turnkey engine competence across all aspects of engine delivery,"said Antony Sheriff, managing director of McLaren Automotive. "Ricardo has world-class engine engineering facilities and capabilities, a proven track record of reacting to challenging briefs and delivering high performance, high quality engine programmes, and a desire to move into production engine supply chain management and assembly for low volume, high quality, high-performance cars. Ricardo's ambition is also represented by its new assembly facility. Its location just over an hour from our new McLaren Production Centre is an added bonus that supports engine to vehicle production engine supply logistics and adds yet more skilled manufacturing jobs to the south of England. Ricardo's values of innovation and technology compliment McLaren's mission of producing world-class high performance vehicles which are segment leading through the application of high performance and innovative technology. All of these factors combined to present an unrivalled engine partner to McLaren Automotive and the delivery of the all new M838T engine to the McLaren MP4-12C this summer."
Particular features include the low center of gravity, with ancillaries mounted low on the engine block and just 4.7 inches between the road and the crankshaft centre line. Plastic cam covers decrease top weight and the all aluminium unit also uses aluminium cylinder liners. Ricardo states it was developed in record time using the company’s skillfulness in computer-aided engine design and testing for its other clients.
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A worker testing the new green McLaren engine
Its fuel consumption is also superb, reflecting the use of an grim focus on the reduction of internal friction. The ensuing highly downsized engine constitutes a new benchmark for high performance turbo-charged engine design, rendering an exceptional driving experience with instant throttle response and feedback. The brand engineering prospects of the design and development support provided by Ricardo extended also to the definition and creation of a sound quality that will become immediately recognizable to McLaren's very sophisticated customers.
"It was vital that we had an engine partner, not just a supplier, with turnkey engine competence across all aspects of engine delivery,"said Antony Sheriff, managing director of McLaren Automotive. "Ricardo has world-class engine engineering facilities and capabilities, a proven track record of reacting to challenging briefs and delivering high performance, high quality engine programmes, and a desire to move into production engine supply chain management and assembly for low volume, high quality, high-performance cars. Ricardo's ambition is also represented by its new assembly facility. Its location just over an hour from our new McLaren Production Centre is an added bonus that supports engine to vehicle production engine supply logistics and adds yet more skilled manufacturing jobs to the south of England. Ricardo's values of innovation and technology compliment McLaren's mission of producing world-class high performance vehicles which are segment leading through the application of high performance and innovative technology. All of these factors combined to present an unrivalled engine partner to McLaren Automotive and the delivery of the all new M838T engine to the McLaren MP4-12C this summer."
Particular features include the low center of gravity, with ancillaries mounted low on the engine block and just 4.7 inches between the road and the crankshaft centre line. Plastic cam covers decrease top weight and the all aluminium unit also uses aluminium cylinder liners. Ricardo states it was developed in record time using the company’s skillfulness in computer-aided engine design and testing for its other clients.
Source: <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/8651725/Ricardo-opens-McLaren-engine-facility.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ricardo opens McLaren engine facility</a>
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