Rebellion R13 Technical Analysis
Rebellion Racing are no strangers to the WEC LMP1 privateer title, having won it from 2012 to 2016. The question is can their Rebellion R13 take them to overall LMP1 victory – beating Toyota?s hybrid TS050"
Can the privateer Rebellion R13 beat Toyota and claim the LMP1 title at Le Mans"
Engine
The Rebellion R13 is powered by the Gibson GL458 4.5L V8 engine and runs the ORECA chassis. Although this year ORECA are heavily involved in the design and running of the car as its their best opportunity to claim the overall win at Le Mans with the 2018/19 ?Super season? featuring two editions of the Le Mans 24 hours.
?We wanted to run a naturally aspirated engine and decided to go with the Gibson because the external dimensions of their LMP1 engine are the same as their LMP2 engine [which they ran last year],? highlights Bart Hayden, Team Manager at Rebellion Racing. ?This meant that the installation was pretty straightforward because the only difference is the internals of the engine. Also, we were given the green light on this project quite late last year, so in the timescale we had, it was much easier to get this engine in than anything else.? The Gibson LMP1 engine is a 4.5L V8 and powers both Rebellion R13 cars and Dragonspeed’s BR Engineering BR1 car
The Gibson GL458 is based on the LMP2 engine and has therefore had to increase in capacity from 4.2L to 4.5L. Consequently, this has changed the heat rejection figures and so ...