Dave,
Give it some thought.. every engine cycle there is exhaust stroke with no real
pressure above the piston so you are still in the unsafe condition you describe
for 50% or the time.
I believe it would be more accurate to say reduced pressure 50% of the
time, moving the exhaust out requires some engergy. Closed throttle
creates a vacuum which, in my opinion, changes the pressures above the
piston drastically. Just a thought!
Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC
Dave Dahlgren wrote:
> Your theory or Surtee's theory would be valid if there were no exhaust
>stroke..
> Give it some thought.. every engine cycle there is exhaust stroke with no real
> pressure above the piston so you are still in the unsafe condition you
>describe
> for 50% or the time. As far as making it easier to drive with high gear only..
> My answer is get another driver that will deal with it, the car will go much
> faster with a transmission in it. The funny thing about being the best is
>that
> you are the best relative to everyone else at the time, and your methods are
>the
> best at the time you used them. That does not mean that better ways to do
>things
> will not come along or better drivers and engines. It is all relative to the
> date the records is set. It makes it all fun to see things evolve and you need
> to grow with the new information. This does not ever discount what someone has
> done in the past but does allow for growth and new thinking. Oh and you dare
> wrong on the over rev in a sporty car.. they bang those things off the limiter
> endlessly..and we do get errors on occasion that they have exceeded the
>limiter
> by 8 or 9 hundred rpm in a set of tight corners with lots of downshifts.. Some
> of these are engines with the limiter set at 9000 or more rpm also.
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