Re: Wind resistance; was: High Rpm's etc.

From: L. J. Morris (ljohn@alltel.net)
Date: Wed May 14 1997 - 07:29:50 EDT


Larry;

Along those lines and my daughter's math book, my '97 red lines at 4750
rpm, with the 31" tires it works out to 153 mph top speed. Hummmm...mm,
did not realize I was goin' that fast the other day. Hell come to think of
it my Cobra won't go that fast ;-( These Daks are awesome.

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> From: Jane or Larry Elliott <elliott@serv.net>
> To: dakota@ait.fredonia.edu
> Subject: Re: Wind resistance; was: High Rpm's etc.
> Date: Wednesday, May 14, 1997 12:23 AM
>
> You guys have obviously not considered the fact that the rpm will vary as
> the sine of the angle of the slope of the grade divided by the natural
log
> of the final drive ratio with consideration given to the time (GMT,
> naturally!) and phases of the moon.
>
> Larry
>

 



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