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1. Ford C-4 Tranny Gear Deliberations (score: 1): Author: ARDUNDOUG@aol.com; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 11:53:10 EDT; Attached is some correspondence with a new found crew member we met at the KOA at Speed Week. Elon is a middle aged drag racer who has taught high school auto shop in the past and is now an engineer; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00401.html (13,291 bytes)
2. Re: Ford C-4 Tranny Gear Deliberations (score: 1): Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 11:53:29 -0500; I simply don't understand using an Automatic.... Sorry Doug... ain't that I don't love your car... .. When you have limeted Ponies why waste them on the Auto? With the in and Out box I understand the; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00404.html (16,363 bytes)
3. Re: Ford C-4 Tranny Gear Deliberations (score: 1): Author: ARDUNDOUG@aol.com; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 14:22:23 EDT; << I simply don't understand using an Automatic.... Sorry Doug... ain't that I don't love your car... .. When you have limeted Ponies why waste them on the Auto? With the in and Out box I understand; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00408.html (10,519 bytes)
4. Re: Ford C-4 Tranny Gear Deliberations (score: 1): Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 13:43:21 -0500; The Stick Deal.... Doug you have no idea how much Idiocy I have brought to the table when it comes to the Stick thing..... I have done some REAL brain dead stuff to have a Stick instead of an Automat; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00410.html (12,348 bytes)
5. Re: Ford C-4 Tranny Gear Deliberations (score: 1): Author: ARDUNDOUG@aol.com; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 17:36:46 EDT; << The Stick Deal.... Doug you have no idea how much Idiocy I have brought to the table when it comes to the Stick thing..... I have done some REAL brain dead stuff to have a Stick instead of an Auto; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00414.html (9,523 bytes)
6. Re: Ford C-4 Tranny Gear Deliberations (score: 1): Author: Nt788@aol.com; Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 10:47:52 EDT; Doug, my C4 story goes like this. After setting theF/GS record with 3rd gear only in the C/4 I found a replacement in the back streets of Wendover in less than 5 minutes under a stack of wood, the fi; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00424.html (8,259 bytes)
7. Re: Ford C-4 Tranny Gear Deliberations (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 11:33:42 -0400; Can't speak directly to the C-4, but as for automatics...back in '92 we went from a T-400 w/torque converter (best speed 201 MPH) to a Ford 3-speed (terrible ratio spread) and ran 212 MPH off the tr; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00426.html (10,817 bytes)
8. Re: Ford C-4 Tranny Gear Deliberations (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 11:37:21 -0400; Can't speak directly to the C-4, but as for automatics...back in '92 we went from a T-400 w/torque converter (best speed 201 MPH) to a Ford 3-speed (terrible ratio spread) and ran 212 MPH off the tr; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00427.html (11,051 bytes)
9. Re: Ford C-4 Tranny Gear Deliberations (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 11:37:31 -0400; Can't speak directly to the C-4, but as for automatics...back in '92 we went from a T-400 w/torque converter (best speed 201 MPH) to a Ford 3-speed (terrible ratio spread) and ran 212 MPH off the tr; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00428.html (11,173 bytes)
10. Re: Ford C-4 Tranny Gear Deliberations (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 11:48:38 -0400; Meant to add this to my previous message. How much HP does it take to go 11 MPH faster when your already traveling 200 MPH? My estimates are at least 50 HP. Does anybody know the math?? Just for eff; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00430.html (11,236 bytes)
11. Re: Ford C-4 Tranny Gear Deliberations (score: 1): Author: DrMayf@aol.com; Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 13:14:03 EDT; 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; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00435.html (9,184 bytes)
12. Re: Ford C-4 Tranny Gear Deliberations (score: 1): Author: Jonathan Amo <webmaster@landracing.com>; Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 11:24:59 -0600; Damn nice formula, did we all tell you how valuable you are to this list. I really appreciate your wealth of knowledge to the list, and I cant wait until I see your project out on the salt. Jonathan; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00436.html (9,517 bytes)
13. Re: Ford C-4 Tranny Gear Deliberations (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 14:26:55 -0400; 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 kn; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00437.html (9,907 bytes)
14. Re: Ford C-4 Tranny Gear Deliberations (score: 1): Author: Joe Timney <joetimney@dol.net>; Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 16:39:55 +0000; 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 w; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00442.html (10,431 bytes)
15. Re: Ford C-4 Tranny Gear Deliberations (score: 1): Author: DrMayf@aol.com; Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 20:41:16 EDT; Well, thanks! I would like nothing more than have my car on the salt or dirty mile. Unfortunately, it is still an 'bama. But I did see my perfect workshop today while looking at houses with the realt; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00450.html (8,846 bytes)
16. Re: Ford C-4 Tranny Gear Deliberations (score: 1): Author: DrMayf@aol.com; Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 20:45:01 EDT; Well, as ya'll know I am using a tricked up AOD for my tranny with lock up copnverter. So no slippage there in high gear. I think you folks are all bat dookey on the amount of hp lost through an auto; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00451.html (8,890 bytes)
17. Re: Ford C-4 Tranny Gear Deliberations (score: 1): Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 19:48:28 -0500; Okay Larry you Buy it?.... Sounds Perfect... NO YARD MAINTENENCE? Big enough Shed to Build a SHOP out of..... Life is GOOD and the Sunbeam would be in NV....K -- Original Message -- From: <DrMayf@aol; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00452.html (9,286 bytes)
18. Re: Ford C-4 Tranny Gear Deliberations (score: 1): Author: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 07:46:23 -0700 (PDT); If I'm not wrong though, the HP lost through the torque converter is greatest at the speeds where the variable between the input and output side is the greatest, and the loss decreases as the two sid; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00469.html (11,193 bytes)
19. Re: Ford C-4 Tranny Gear Deliberations (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 08:04:24 -0700; I too believe that the losses in an automatic are basically converter driven. A torque converter is a torque multiplier which uses a stator between the drive and driven members to redirect the fluid; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00472.html (8,695 bytes)
20. Re: Ford C-4 Tranny Gear Deliberations (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 11:19:44 -0400; I believe your referring to slippage, which is quite different than transmission efficiency. And a true torque converter will always have some slippage. 200 + RPM. John Beckett -- Original Message -; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00475.html (12,352 bytes)

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