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Re: The Devil Made Me Do It (TC)

To: "Bryan Savage" <basavage@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: The Devil Made Me Do It (TC)
From: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 17:01:31 -0800
Decisions are made by the rules committee. One reason is cost and keeping
things fair for the little guy comming up.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Savage" <basavage@earthlink.net>
To: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
Cc: "landspeed@autox.team.net" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: The Devil Made Me Do It (TC)


>
> I may be missing something Glenn but I think the purpose of "Traction
> Control"
> is to put as much power as possible to the drive wheels without spinning
> them.
> Isn't that exactly what  Austin Coil and Bernie Fedderly are doing when
they
> adjust the clutch and the engine tune on John Force's car for each pass?
> So if I have a static system that doesn't have active feedback and is
> only adjusted
> in the pits, I don't see a problem.
> For example I can control boost based ONLY on the gear I'm in and the
> engine RPM. I think this would be very useful in preventing overpowering
> the
> track.
> ????
>
> Bryan

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