By Auto Action
Date posted: October 24, 2022
RYCO HAS played a big role in the development of the new Gen3 Supercars and has now been named as the offical filtration partner of the sport.
Ryco has developed an advanced range of oil, air and fuel filters to suit the new Gen3 race cars set to debut in the 2023 Supercars Championship.
The new ‘Control Parts’ will feature in all participating race cars and follows months of development and testing by RYCO in partnership with Supercars, engine builders, and race teams.
Supercars Engineering Project Manager for Engines, Craig Hasted, explained how the category wanted to extend engine life to reduce rebuild frequency, with filtration playing a key role.
“One of the biggest challenges we had was increasing the engine mileage. Current race cars have a 4,000km life – for Gen3 we’re targeting 10,000kms,” Hasted said.
“Improving filtration was seen as a major step in reaching the 10,000km measure.”
In response to the challenge, RYCO designed a range of new filtration products specifically for Supercars, with the benefits transferable to other race categories and everyday passenger cars.
RYCO’s unique Supercar filtration solution breaks the traditional view that fine-particle filtration must come with a compromise to flow restriction and engine performance.
The oil filter features a unique 100 percent synthetic media for fine-micron filtration that replaces the traditional cellulose-based examples.
For the fuel filter, rolled element fine-micron media is used, rather than course particle pleated metal screens, while the air filter employs a hydrophobic nano-fibre coated media with unique honeycomb construction.
Supercars Head of Motorsport Adrian Burgess and RYCO GM engineering and innovation Alastair Hampton have teamed up to develop filters for the new Gen3 cars which will be seen in 2023. Image: Supplied
To prove the feasibility of these combinations under racing conditions, prototypes of each were extensively evaluated in RYCO’s laboratory, as well as in current Supercars race cars and the Gen3 Mustang and Camaro prototypes.
Supercars engine builder and owner of Herrod Performance Engines, Rob Herrod, was impressed by the new suite of RYCO filters.
“RYCO stepping up to the mark and getting involved in this program has been an absolute benefit to this whole Gen3 engine program for us at Herrod Performance Engines,” Herrod said.
“Not just in oil filtration – air and fuel filtration was also required, and RYCO has come in leaps and bounds and given us the products we need.”
Supercars’ Head of Motorsport, Adrian Burgess said the new filters is one of the many exciting elements of the new Gen3 era.
“RYCO’s innovative, world-first filtration technology will enable the Gen3 series the best chance of ensuring engine mileage and as a result will significantly improve sustained race performance for teams,” he said.
The new Gen3 cars will be on show at the 2023 Newcastle 500 from March 10-12.
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