Lets See.........Mayf has to much time on his hands class. I couldn't find a
C/Modified Mayf mobile in the rule book.
Could be to much lint in the navel to find out what you don't need to know.
Or Ask Dan w.
GB
----- Original Message -----
From: "drmayf" <drmayf@mayfco.com>
To: "LSR" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 3:56 PM
Subject: [Land-speed] Some classification Questions (non turban, religion or
political related)
> Was just sitting here pondering my navel and and some odd thoughts came
> to me. You know they are odd because they are mine, lol... All have to
> do with car propulsion method classifications..
>
> for instance, my car is a BFMS with a C motor (barely). How would the
> classification go if I wanted to stick a small diesel in it? No, not
> planning on it, just curious. Lets say the diesel was 2.5 L displacement
> if that matters...
>
> and, what if I wanted to convert it to electrical propulsion? Would that
> be a ??? Example? Assume the car weighs 2500 lbs if that matters.
>
>
> similarly, steam?
> I know Ford run the hydrogen car but it was really electrically
> motivated. The hydrogen only provided the electricity so what class was
> that car in. To my dim thinking that should have been some kind of
> electrical designation.
>
> I know there is a spot in the rules that say someting like a
> supplemental engine has to contribute to the propulsion of a car before
> it is considered for cubic inch displacement...but wouldn't a gas or
> diesel generator drivng electric propulsion be directly connected
> especially if no batterys are involved anywhere?
>
> Comments? Thoughts?
>
> lets see if we can scare up a meaningful discussion...
>
> oh one final odd one... and it has to do with elec drives. HP is hp when
> it comes to over coming the aero issues and rolling resistance. So it it
> takes 500 hp to go 200 mph wouldn't the elec motor also have to produce
> that same amount of power? And if running off a generator in the car
> wouldn't that also have to have very significant hp as well?
>
>
> mayf
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