How to build a race engine, Markus Nenzel ( FS Autumn Academy 2021)

Lecture made by Markus Nenzel at FS Autumn School about how to build a race engine for a formula student car. With 12 years of experience building formula student race cars and engines (Rennstall Esslingen, UAS Esslingen), including the calibration of 3 different outstanding engine concepts, and 6 years as an engineering design judge, Markus definitely has some experience and a really good and thorough understanding of the beautiful and complex world of Formula Student. Compiling this experience and his profession, Markus will show you how to create and tune a FS race engine. 00:00 Introduction 02:02 Race engine concept 05:09 Engine mechanics. Crankshaft. Dry shaft 13:02 Intake system 17:32 Fuel system 19:51 Dynotesting. Test bench 26:47 Measurement technology 34:38 Simulation and validation 37:48 Calibration 45:22 Q A session. Q1 How many time your team spend on dyno 47:01 Q2 Priority list for a small team 50:58 Q3 How to build your own test bench 52:53 Q4 T