Got it.
Isn't reasonable, then, to suspect that dollars spent per horsepower gain
might be better allocated to a health club?
Food for thought, and probably fodder for an argument;-)
Y'all have a happy holiday. Peter C
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At 01:27 PM 12/20/2001, David N Waldmann wrote:
>I think you're confused.
>
>Power to weight ratio can and will be anything, as you showed in your
>example.
>
>What was being asked/suggested is a formula or statement that says "for
>every ____ pounds removed or added it is the equivilent of 1 HP" (actually
>should be lb/ft, as the "midget racer" expressed).
>
>HP is what determines your speed, because HP is an expression of
>time/distance work. It makes no difference how heavy your car is if you are
>trying to make it go 120 MPH (well, actually you do increase the rolling
>resistance very slightly), the only forces you have to overcome are wind
>resistance and rolling resistance.
>
>However, Torque, expressed as lbs/ft, describes a weight/distance work, and
>will therefore determine how _long_ it will take you to get to 120 MPH, or
>how fast you can go up a hill (adding the overcoming of gravity to the
>wind/rolling resistance force).
>
><dnw>
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