[Spridgets] calculating speed

[Andrew Payne]

Y'all have missed the point! My weight comment was not based on science in any
way, rather a reference to "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (my phone does
not underline, so please no comments on proper form;) I'm sure it's on itunes
if you don't have two hours to devote to entertainment.  Anyway, it has a
great scene with two people debating the physics behind a swallow carrying a
coconut to England.

Watch the movie. With beer.  Lots of beer.

Personally, I have calculated the top speed of my '76 as 62.5 MPH, for that is
the speed at which the front wheels start to hop slightly, allowing the
steering wheel to be sawed backed and forth with absolutely no effect on
trajectory.

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: "Kitterer Bob" <bkitterer at mac.com>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: 10/19/08 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] calculating speed

Here is something to ponder.

 From placards in the Gilmore Car Museum.

1929 Bentley Speed Six (the famous race car)
6.5 liters
160 hp
top speed 95 mph

1933 RR Phantom II Sports Coupe
5485 lbs
43.3 hp
Top speed 96 mph

No other information was provided

Struck me as odd.

Bob Kitterer

1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes
2000 Miata Special Edition




On Oct 18, 2008, at 4:18 PM, Weslake1330 at aol.com wrote:

> Weight makes a neglible difference to top speed.  Whether or not
> 50bhp  is
> enough for a car to reach 100mph depends on how aerodyanmic the car
> is.
>
> W e s l a k e 1330
>
> In a message dated 18/10/2008 18:37:41 GMT Daylight Time,
> andrewpayne at intrex.net writes:
>
> A 1500  pound car from the sixties cannot go
> 100 MPH with only 50  HP!"
>
> Drew
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