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Re: power loss

To: Dave Dahlgren <ddahlgren@snet.net>
Subject: Re: power loss
From: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 07:28:17 -0800
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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