[Shotimes] Dyno charts

[Ron Childs]

Your engine will be doing the most work (moving more pounds of car per unit 
of time) at peak h.p.

-Ron



>From: "D Potter" <jpotter8@bellsouth.net>
>To: <BJamesjr@aol.com>, <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Dyno charts
>Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 11:40:57 -0500
>
>You are going to get the most pull at peak torque, not peak hp.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <BJamesjr@aol.com>
>To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 12:56 PM
>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Dyno charts
>
>
> > > Several cars now, and more to come have CVTs, Continuously Variable
> > > Transmissions. Although their behaviour depends on programming, the
>ideal
> > > for performance is to let the engine rev to peak hp and the tranny 
>will
> > > adjust and accelerate the car. Wide torque band no longer
> > > needed.
> >
> > This concept has always interested me, although I'm still skeptical of 
>the
>internal workings of the CVT's themselves.  The computer could track your
>throttle position and speed and determine from that if you were trying to
>maintain steady state speed or accellerate.  If you are trying to maintain
>steady state speed, the computer can calculate what rpm is most efficient
>for the engine in terms of fuel usage at that power level and tell the
>transmission to shift as required to put the engine at that power level.
>For accelleration it can do the same- determine what power level you want
>and what engine rpm is best for that level of power output.  At some point
>it would have to determine that the power output you want is beyond
>efficient operation and begin transitioning to higher rpm's, all the way up
>to eventually the rpm equating to peak horsepower at WOT.
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