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RE: Overdrive Setup for Racing

To: Larry Young <cartravel@pobox.com>
Subject: RE: Overdrive Setup for Racing
From: Randall Young <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 10:37:40 -0700
> The hole in the seat for the operating valve is 1/4 inch
> diameter, so the force
> exerted by 650 psi of pressure is about 3 lbs.

Larry, I think your math is a bit off here.  .25" diameter = .125" radius =
roughly .05 square inches.  .05 * 650 ~= 30 pounds, not 3 pounds.

Randall

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