RE:Thermal Efficiency Index of Performance

[johnc@nait.ab.ca]

Hi:
Does anyone know what the formula for calculating the "Thermal Efficiency
Index of Performance" was?
Jc


                                                                                
                    
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With all the emphasis on nostalgia/retro look, one would think that Ford
would want to copy the look of the GT40 Mk IV that Gurney/Foyt drove to a
record setting (135.48 MPH) Le Mans win in 1967, and that car had the
"bubble" to clear Dan's helmet.  In addition to the outright win, they also
won the Thermal Efficiency Index of Performance, which Dan Gurney
attributes
to the fact that they did not have to push that car to the limits in order
to finish first!

Keep on Tigering!

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-----Original Message-----
From: Stu Brennan [mailto:stubrennan@mediaone.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 8:20 AM
To: Sencindiver Jim D NSSC
Cc: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Ford to make NEW GT40s - check this out - on cnn.com


Yes, but didn't one of the articles say that it's 4" higher than the
original?  So there's no need for a bubble, except for basketball players,
etc.  Perhaps it should be called a GT-44.