Initial Research Pathway: Porsche 919 Hybrid Power Unit

INITIAL RESEARCH PATHWAY: WEC LMP1 POWER UNIT (POSRCHE 919, 2017)

919's 2.0-litre V4 turbo engine

The Porsche 919 Hybrid at the IAA 2017 

Initial Research Pathway, 2017 Porsche 919 LMP1 Car (Power Unit)

Acronyms used in our report:
LMP1: Le Mans Prototype 1
WEC: World Endurance Championship

We specifically chose the 2017 Porsche 919 LMP1’s power unit as it was Porsche’s last hurrah in its bid for the LMP1 class of the WEC. The 919 Hybrid was immensely successful, winning 3 out of the 4 manufacturers' championships from 2014 to 2017.

  • Firstly, we employed gAI (chatGPT) to obtain an overview of the Porsche 919’s hybrid power unit. We used the prompt, "WEC LMP1 Power Unit (Porsche 919, 2017)", which gave us a broad range of interesting and useful facts and information about the engine.

  • We then conducted our own research and looked through various websites on google to gather more key information. 

  • We watched youtube videos on the Porsche 919 Hybrid called, "The AMAZING Porsche 919 Hybrid | Chris Harris Drives | Top Gear", and, “Porsche 919 Hybrid technology explained in detail”. It helped us to better visualize how the engine looks and works, which helped us in fully understanding the technologies of the car.

  • We then noted down the key information on a separate google docs.

  • Finally, we started working on our separate summaries.

  • After writing my own summary, I googled Porsche’s entire LMP1 program, from 2014, to 2017.
  • I also googled all other LMP1 entries, and their respective race cars, to find out more on what design path competitors were taking.
  • I employed gAI to give me a summary of the main regulations surrounding the LMP1 class, to better understand why these design languages were chosen.
  • I came up with a thesis comparing the relationship between engine size and on-track effectiveness.
  • I employed gAI to give me a brief summary on the pros and cons of smaller vs bigger engines.
  • To plan the entire flow of my reader response, I typed out a report outline covering all the points I wanted to include, and started re-arranging my points.
  • I drew out an entire mind map of the downsides of a bigger engine, with regards the 919’s competitors, to better visualise how things connect to each other.
  • I started writing my report based on my own outline, making sure to hit all the points while keeping with the flow of the entire report.

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