Re: Drive shafts. Very weird.

From: Mike Schwall (mschwall@flash.net)
Date: Thu Feb 03 2000 - 19:01:48 EST


Well, you would if you measured true BHP at the flywheel, then compared it
to a chassis dyno.

Mike

At 03:02 PM 2/3/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Yes, but only during real-world acceleration. You would not see
>inertial losses on a chassis dyno.
>Cale
>
>Stlaurent Mr Steven wrote:
> >
> > Less inertia means less HP lost. There seems to be a 10-22 percent lost to
> > the rear wheel due to the transmission, drive shaft and rear gearing.
> >
> > Another thought is the shorter the drive shaft less flexing on the shaft to
> > produce rear wheel HP.
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Steven St.Laurent
> > Test Engineer
> > Test Branch, GSD,MCTSSA
> > MARCORSYSCOM, US Marine Corps

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