I know one thing ,, top on or top off my Apine goes just as fast and in hot
weather it is hot and cold weather it is cold.. But if you are going down hill
and
the top is off and the sun is out who cares?
I told you guys you are getting too technical.
Cheers
chuck
Louis & Laila wrote:
> Just in case there is anyone out there who doesn't have the formula, I managed
> to trace this down. I can't remember if the original question was ever
> answered, but here it is:
>
> IR=EM/Er Where Er= actual fuel consumed in Liters per 100km, and EM is
> calculated using this formula: P-300/100 + V/25 + (V-95)squared/600 +
> (V-140)cubed/21,000 Where V= average hourly speed (kpm), and P=actual weight
> of car in kg. THis was taken from "Sunbeam Alpine and Tiger, the Complete
> Story" Grahm Robson, Though I can think of a better tiltle for the book.
>
> The car Lapped the circuit at 5:16.4 seconds (fastest), averaged 90.92 MPH
> (147km/h and traveled 2,182 miles (3,491 km). Can find no homologated weight
> in any of my books or text. Hope that helps. Lou
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