Tom
Wise words.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
To: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>
Cc: "DOUG ODOM" <popms@thegrid.net>; "Landspeed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 7:28 AM
Subject: Re: power loss
> Guys,
>
> Easy does it!
>
> "Speak when you're angry and you'll make the best speech you'll ever
> regret."
>
> ~Laurence Peter~
>
> Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC
>
> Dave Dahlgren wrote:
>
> >I will bet they all had 28.34 inch tall tire or at least a loaded tire
radius
> >that is equal to that.. About an 89 inch roll out. Sorry Doug it is all
in the
> >numbers. Think what you will it really doesn't matter.. Ususally when
people
> >think something is a bunch of horse crap it only means they don't
understand
> >it... I will make a deal with you, you delete my messages and I will
delete
> >yours, fair trade?
> >Dave
> >
> >DOUG ODOM wrote:
> >
> >> O.K. I have stayed out of the power loss debates so far. The
last
> >>couple of months I have been helping tech for a road race group called
> >>N.A.S.A. They run a class called A.S.C. American Stock Car. Now the
> >>rules make you run a sealed ZZ4 crate motor. The motors have been
> >>dynoing at 361 to 366 HP at the crank. This weekend we ran them on a
> >>Dynojet chassis dyno. I will give you a sample of what we found below.
> >>The main thing that I found interesting was this, Some cars had Ford 9",
> >>some with Quick changes. Some had Jerico's some with T-10's. All had the
> >>same spec tire and about the same rear gear ratio. So what was so
> >>interesting? This--- They ALL lost the same amount of power!!!
> >> Highest power 308.0 Lowest 302.2
> >> Highest torque 362.3 Lowest 361.7
> >> The car with the 308 power ran in the back and the lowest power car
> >>won by 4 sec.
> >> I think most of this power train loss figuring and charting is
just a
> >>case of mental masturbation.
> >> Doug Odom in big ditch
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