Torque gets you going....horsepower makes you go faster !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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> From: Bob Palmer[SMTP:rpalmer@ucsd.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 12:22 PM
> To: Chris Thompson; Fraser, Ron; tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: E-Mail me off the list
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> Chris,
>
> I guess we just have to hope the engine builder, or whoever sets the
> redline, knows what he's doing. ;-)
>
> I think where the rabbit gets lost is between the engine and the rear
> wheels. It is certainly proper to equate torque at the rear wheels to
> acceleration. However, the torque at the wheels is multiplied times the
> total gearing, box plus rear-end. Since you gain linearly by increasing
> the
> gear ratio, but only lose marginally past the peak torque, you win overall
> by going past the peak engine torque. Since horsepower is just torque
> times
> rpm, if you do the math it turns out the same; i.e., engine horsepower
> relates directly to acceleration.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Chris Thompson
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 8:51 AM
> To: Bob Palmer; Fraser, Ron; tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: E-Mail me off the list
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>
> I've read so many arguments about when to shift. Interestingly, in the
> Skip
> Barber Racing book "Going Faster", the only mention on getting to speed is
> to shift at the redline. This is stated in, like, one sentence, and the
> rest of the entire book is on stopping and turning....
>
> Chris Thompson
> B382000331
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