News – New Ducati Superquadro engine for the 1199 Panigale – Used DUCATI

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New Ducati Superquadro engine for the 1199 Panigale

News - New Ducati Superquadro engine for the 1199 Panigale - Used DUCATI

With its new "Superquadro" engine for the 1199 Panigale, Ducati intends to revolutionize the Superbike motorcycle segment by going "beyond the barriers of engineering"…

With its new "Superquadro" engine for the 1199 Panigale, Ducati intends to revolutionize the Superbike motorcycle segment by going "beyond the barriers of engineering"…

By "starting from a blank sheet" to be able "to develop a maximum of things", the engineers were instructed to increase the power and the torque, to create a new electronic control unit, to reduce the overall weight of the motorcycle and to reduce maintenance costs.

Objective of the Superquadro engine, so baptized because of its "super square" dimensions: "to allow today a futuristic vision of the Superbike" by seeking to establish the reference "the most extreme ever made", which presents itself as "the last evolution in the long and emblematic history of Ducati Superbike engines ".

195 horses for the Superbike of the future !

Retaining only the 90 ° L-twin and the Desmodromic valve return system designed by Fabio Taglioni (everything else is new), the Superquadro engine increases its absolute power on two cylinders to arrive at 195 hp and 13.5 m / kg couple.

Would the management of this cavalry be tricky? Never mind: "several mapping modes will allow you to adapt the power according to the pilot, his driving style and the grip conditions", reassure the Italian engineers.

The cylinders, which keep an angle of 90 ° between them, were tilted 6 ° backwards to obtain an angle of 21 ° with respect to the horizontal line. This made it possible to advance the engine an additional 32 mm forward, to improve the weight distribution and to perfectly position the engine mounting points in the monocoque frame of the 1199 Panigale..

As on the Desmosedici RR, the Superquadro crankcases now use bearings for the crankshaft. The elimination of crankshaft bearings allowed an increase in the diameter of the connecting rods with increased rigidity and an increase in the crankcase wall at the location of the bearings to allow all the power of the Superquadro to flow..

The oil pump – "MotoGP style", Ducati specifies – maintains "a constant vacuum in the crankcases below the pistons, reducing the resistance due to the air during the descent of the piston, and controls the quantity of air contained in the piston. engine".

112 mm x 60.8

Ducati also increased the rotational speed and the speed of revving "thanks to an incredible bore of 112 mm x 60.8 and a shorter stroke of the piston", specifies the manufacturer which results in an output of 195 horsepower at 10,750 rpm and a torque of 13.5 m / kg at 9000 rpm (read also).

At the same time, the intake valves are increased from 43.5 to 46.8 mm, and the exhaust valves from 34.5 to 38.5 mm. And as on the R models, they are now in titanium and no longer in steel to better control the inertia force..

Titanium valves

These new valves are actuated by stroke-derived rockers, with a special finish to reduce friction and wear thanks to a carbon polymer (PLC) treatment, a process originally developed for the aviation industry..

As for the pistons (112 mm in diameter) of the Superquadro, derived from competition, they have a double segment to improve resistance and reduce friction on the wall. Ride-by-Wire injection bodies are supplied with air through two injectors per cylinder: one below the throttle and another above.

To control polluting emissions, Ducati has introduced a secondary air system which "supplements the oxidation of unburned hydrocarbons and effectively reduces the levels of HC and CO".

New transmission

"The system is activated when the ECU unit recognizes the specific conditions in engine operations via the lambda and throttle sensors", specifies the manufacturer: "it opens a valve allowing air to circulate from the air box main up to a valve located on each cylinder head, allowing a single direction of flow to exit through the exhaust near the exhaust valve. Entering at the most important point of the exhaust gases, the fresh air intake improves emissions, eliminating any unburnt gasoline escaping the exhaust cycle ".

Ducati engineers also increased the size of the transmission shafts of the six gears and the diameter of the gears to support the increase in power. In addition, the 1199 Panigale adopts an oil bath clutch similar to that of the Multistrada or the Diavel, which provides a lighter and more pleasant feeling of the clutch lever..

Maintenance every 24,000 km

Another not insignificant progress on the part of Ducati: the major maintenance of this new engine has been extended to 24,000 km "instead of 12,000 km on the 1198 Testastretta", specifies Diego Sgorbati, marketing director at Ducati. !

Finally, "competition is the ultimate test that Ducati has always faced and measured", underlines the manufacturer. “It’s a discipline made for designers and engineers, which drives the motivation of a builder in which the perpetual need for victory has become a way of life”.

"The Superquadro is the most powerful production twin ever built, intended to equip the new Ducati 1199 Panigale for absolute performance", insist even the transalpines…

What a shame therefore to have to wait more than a year before seeing the new Ducati tumble in WSBK: the development program of the Bologna plant in fact provides for a year of running in Superstock 1000 (read). Case to follow, on Site: stay connected !

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