Well if you have ever watched Danny Popp make a run, you better up that to
20% more wheelspin for the drive wheels.
Otto
>From: Mark Sirota <msirota@isc.upenn.edu>
>Reply-To: Mark Sirota <msirota@isc.upenn.edu>
>To: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com
>CC: autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Lightweight wheels, drive only?
>Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 11:07:21 -0400
>
>dg50@daimlerchrysler.com wrote:
> > "Kevin Stevens" <kevin_stevens@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> Disregarding wheelspin, the drive and non-drive wheels have to
> >> accelerate rotationally and linearly at exactly the same rate.
> >
> > Yup, that's exactly right - unless you can yank the front wheels
> > clear of the ground, as the ground is the "drive belt" driving the
> > non-drive wheels.
>
>Unfortunately, in this case, wheelspin matters -- in order to
>get maxmimum accelerate the vehicle, the drive wheels must be spinning
>faster (I think I've heard numbers around 5%) than the non-drive
>wheels.
>
>Anyone have more accurate numbers for percentage slip of modern tires
>under acceleration?
>
>Mark
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