Bob, is this rear wheel or flywheel hp?
Larry
Palmer, Robert L. wrote:
>Dave,
>
>Wind resistance goes as speed squared and horsepower as speed cubed. If you
>needed 200 more horsepower to go 150 than 135, that means you would have
>needed 538 HP just to go 135. Obviously that's not reasonable. I think just
>about any Tiger with a reasonable warm engine will run 135 mph. I would
>estimate that 250 HP or maybe less should do the trick. Then, to go 150 mph
>you would need 343 HP. This is a significant step up, but not as bad as your
>engineers said. I'm sure Mayf has a pretty good handle on what the drag
>coefficient and horsepower requirements are since he is preparing an Alpine
>for a land speed record. We had quite a detailed discussion of this topic a
>couple of years back.
>
>Bob
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: DJoh797014@aol.com [mailto:DJoh797014@aol.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 3:56 PM
>To: DavidAdin@mercydurango.org
>Cc: tigers@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: FW: Race Suspension Setup for Tiger
>
>
>Why not ask Dan Walters. He has driven the
>track and while he made it through turn #5,
>he got kinked further on. RA is a great place to let the
>beast growl.
>
>Once was told that due to the 'superb' aerodynamics
>of the body, 138 is about all it'll do. To go faster
>you have to remove or cutdown the windshield
>ala Tom Patton or streamline the body ala
>Lemans Tiger. Replacing the scooped headlight
>rings is also a must. The Lemans Tiger and Patton
>have done this also. Years ago after being timed
>at 135+ at the Ford proving grounds I asked what
>it would take to do 150. The engineers said
>without fixing the aerodynamics, it would take about
>200 more hp and that was not possible with the
>small block engine. Remember the Lemans
>Tiger, fully race prepared, was timed at 157 at
>the Lemans. Face it, the stock Tiger while looking
>great has the aerodynamics of a brick.
>
>Dave Johnson
>
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