Atta boy Chuck!
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "chuck nicodemus" <armorseal@spiretech.com>
To: "Louis & Laila" <bwana@c2i2.com>
Cc: <alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: Index of thermal Efficiency
> 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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