Porsche and MAHLE 3D Printed Piston
Porsche and MAHLE have teamed up to work on 3D printed pistons for the Porsche GT2 RS. If 3D printing in general (and 3D printed-piston) have been widely used during the past years in Motorsport but it is the 1st time that additive printed pistons would be used for a « commercial » supercar
VGT Turbo for Gasoline Engines
VGT (Variable Geometry Turbine) are a family of Turbo Technology. The objective is to better guide the exhaust flow depending on operating conditions and available mass flow rate. Even if commonly used in Diesel, VGT for gasoline is still not mass market but clearly a major current trend at most of OEMs
Maserati MC20 PreChamber
This post detail the new Maserati MC20 PreChamber Technology. This is a specific technology of Turbulent Jet Ignition (TJI) patented by Maserati. Their PreChamber technology allows more power at high loads operating points. A second spark plug was added for low loads and emission compliance. The fuel economy is about 3 percents.