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    The BMW F1 Engine

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    Dalibor Angelovski
    The document provides technical details about the BMW F1 engine used by the BMW WilliamsF1 Team in the 2003 Formula One season. Some key facts include: - It produces over 800 horsepower while weighing less than 80 kilograms. - It has a maximum engine speed of 18,000 rpm and can complete a distance of 900 kilometers before undergoing revision. - Over 1,000 individual drawings were made for the engine, which if laid end to end would cover a distance of 1.3 kilometers. - Manufacturing involved around 9,000 individual components, with 1,000 being unique parts. - Development of the engine began in late 2001 with the design phase from January to May

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    The BMW F1 Engine

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    The document provides technical details about the BMW F1 engine used by the BMW WilliamsF1 Team in the 2003 Formula One season. Some key facts include: - It produces over 800 horsepower while weighing less than 80 kilograms. - It has a maximum engine speed of 18,000 rpm and can complete a distance of 900 kilometers before undergoing revision. - Over 1,000 individual drawings were made for the engine, which if laid end to end would cover a distance of 1.3 kilometers. - Manufacturing involved around 9,000 individual components, with 1,000 being unique parts. - Development of the engine began in late 2001 with the design phase from January to May

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    The document provides technical details about the BMW F1 engine used by the BMW WilliamsF1 Team in the 2003 Formula One season. Some key facts include: - It produces over 800 horsepower while weighing less than 80 kilograms. - It has a maximum engine speed of 18,000 rpm and can complete a distance of 900 kilometers before undergoing revision. - Over 1,000 individual drawings were made for the engine, which if laid end to end would cover a distance of 1.3 kilometers. - Manufacturing involved around 9,000 individual components, with 1,000 being unique parts. - Development of the engine began in late 2001 with the design phase from January to May

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    The BMW F1 Engine

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    Dalibor Angelovski
    The document provides technical details about the BMW F1 engine used by the BMW WilliamsF1 Team in the 2003 Formula One season. Some key facts include: - It produces over 800 horsepower while weighing less than 80 kilograms. - It has a maximum engine speed of 18,000 rpm and can complete a distance of 900 kilometers before undergoing revision. - Over 1,000 individual drawings were made for the engine, which if laid end to end would cover a distance of 1.3 kilometers. - Manufacturing involved around 9,000 individual components, with 1,000 being unique parts. - Development of the engine began in late 2001 with the design phase from January to May

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    BMW F1 Engine

    22nd September 2003


    The BMW F1 Engine

    It took one craftsman at
    WilliamsF1 oer 100
    ho!rs to hand"make this
    left"hand side
    e#ha!st$$$and it%ll be !sed
    for &!st one 'rand (ri#)
    BMW Form!la *ne
    engine deelopment in
    facts and fig!res$
    It packs more than +00
    bhp, -eighs less than +0
    kilograms and has a
    ma#im!m engine speed of
    1+,200 rpm$ The BMW
    (.3 engine -ith -hich the
    BMW WilliamsF1 Team is
    pitching for the 2003
    Form!la *ne World
    /hampionship title -ill be p!t o!t to past!re after the final race 0 the 1apanese 'rand (ri# 0
    in three -eeks2 time$
    3p to no-, no more than broad skeleton data on this po-er pack from the M!nich Form!la
    *ne factor4 hae been released$ 5head of the last t-o races of the season in Indianapolis 62.
    September7 and S!8!ka 612 *ctober7, its profile is no- fleshed o!t$
    Who -o!ld hae g!essed, for e#ample, that 1,+90 /5: dra-ings -ere made for this engine;
    (rinted o!t and laid end to end, the4 -o!ld coer a distance of 1$3 kilometres$
    Facts and figures:
    *!tp!t of the BMW (.3 is oer +00 bhp$
    Ma#im!m engine speed is 1+,200 rpm$
    In a race, engine speed is limited to 1+,000 rpm$
    Idle speed is <,000 rpm$
    The engine -eighs less than +0 kilograms$
    It completes a distance of 900 kilometres before !ndergoing reision$
    Total prod!ction of the BMW (.3 is 200 !nits, ten of -hich the team takes to each race$
    Before being phased o!t the engine -ill hae receied 1,3.. !pgrade modifications$
    It comprises aro!nd 9,000 indiid!al components, 1,000 of them different$
    The air intake ol!me is 1,++9 c!bic metres per ho!r$
    Ma#im!m piston acceleration is 10,000g$
    (iston speed peaks at <0 metres per second and aerages 29 metres per second$
    E#ha!st temperat!res of !p to +90 degrees are reached$
    Ma#im!m air temperat!re in the pne!matic s4stem is 290 degrees$
    The !ltra"high"speed 130= t!rn at S!8!ka -ith its lateral load of <g poses the greatest
    challenge to the oil s4stem$
    The BMW (.3 end!red the highest f!ll"throttle proportion on the Mon8a circ!it at >3 per cent
    per lap$
    5t the Monaco 'rand (ri#, the WilliamsF1 transmission and BMW engine hae to -ithstand
    an aerage 3,100 gear changes$
    The engine block and c4linder head are made of cast al!mini!m and are man!fact!red at the
    BMW Form!la *ne fo!ndr4 in ?andsh!t !sing a special thin"-all casting method$
    BMW M!nich handles, among other things the man!fact!re of the crankshaft 6steel7,
    camshaft 6case"hardened steel7 and camshaft coers, as -ell as processing of the c4linder
    head and crankcase$ The oil s4stem and engine electronics also stem from BMW M!nich$
    BMW .3 engine timeline from concept to c!lmination@
    In the meantime the test phase for the BMW (.< engine -as la!nched$ Follo-ing s!ccessf!l
    bench tests, it -as alread4 being tested on the track in its 200< season specification at Mon8a
    on < September 2003$
    Timeline
    /oncept@ Ao and :ec 2001
    :esign@ 1an thr! Ma4 2002
    Model constr!ction at the BMW fo!ndr4 in ?andsh!t@ Mar thr! Ma4 2002
    /omponents Man!fact!re@ 5pl th! 1!l 2002
    Initial 5ssembl4@ 1!l 2002
    First Bench Test@ 31 1!l 2002
    Test (hase :eelopment Stage 1@ 5!g 2002 thr! 1an 2003
    First :eplo4ment in /ar@ 1. Sept 2002
    :eelopment to =ace =eadiness@ *ct 2002 to mid"Feb 2003
    F!rther :eelopment@ mid"Feb to season2s final in *ct 2003

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