As far as Automatics go, I don't have figures but I remember a Horsepower
usage ranking that went something like this:
Highest to Lowest
Torqueflite
400 Turbo
C6
350 Turbo
C4
Powerglide
The article was old and was written before all the OD autos became popular.
Most of the Od trans are somewhat weak and require big $$$ to hop upas far as
I know.
Anybody else have any knowledge they want to share?
joe( love a stick shift...wish we had one in the S-10)
John Beckett wrote:
> Geeeees, That's about 87 HP if I'm calculating it correctly for that old
> combination of mine. Boy if that don't make you want to throw out your old
> automatic...or at least your old T-400...I don't know what would.
>
> See what you started again Keith.
>
> John Beckett, LSR #79, E/FCC
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <DrMayf@aol.com>
> To: <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>;
> <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 1:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Ford C-4 Tranny Gear Deliberations
>
> > John, this is my simple way of determining HP given another hp:
> >
> > HP2 = HP1 (new speed^3/old speed^3)
> >
> > where HP2 is the new horsepower desired
> > HP1 is the old horsepower needed to run at a given speed
> >
> > in this case HP2 = HP1 (211*211*211/200*200*200) = HP1 (1.17424)
> >
> > or it will take about 17.4% more horsepower.
> >
> > Remember HP is a function of the cube of speed.
> >
> > mayf
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