Re: LRO: Re: Engine/Trans Swap

From: Peter Ogilvie (konacoffee2@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Jun 11 2001 - 04:16:39 EDT

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    David, you sure you weren't indulging in illicit herbs at the time. 95mph
    in a Series!!!! That's probably terminal velocity if you dumped it out of
    an airplane With a 2 1/4 providing propulsion, it had to be way more than a
    slight downhill and the tail wind must have been from one of those
    alphabetically named low pressure systems that enlivens summers in the Gulf
    of Mexico. If memory serves me right, my MGB which supposedly had 20 more
    hp, a 1,000#s less weight, and better aerodynamics, struggled mightily to
    best 100mph indicated. That was running right at red line of 6,000rpm and I
    think that the MGB had 4.11 diffs (don't quote me on that, however) so would
    have been turning less RPM per mph than the series with 4.7s.

    Forgive me if I'm a little skeptical but it seems to defy physical laws.
    Wind resistance increases exponentially and the Series truck is about as
    stream lined as a brick out house.

    Aloha
    Peter O.

    >From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
    >Reply-To: lro@works.team.net
    >To: <lro@Works.Team.Net>
    >Subject: Re: LRO: Re: Engine/Trans Swap
    >Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 02:03:46 -0500 (CDT)
    >
    >On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Peter Ogilvie wrote:
    >
    >:Given the aerodynamics of a Series, I think you'd rue the day that you
    >:geared it so high (low numerically). Probably would take 400hp to push
    >the
    >:brick at that speed. 3,000rpm @ 70mph would probably be a lot better as
    >the
    >
    >I've riden in an 88 at that speed -- speed measured by a handheld GPS, not
    >a
    >speedometer. It had a 2.25 in it, even. It was a rather hopped up engine,
    >sure, and there was a long, not too steep downhill and probably a tailwind.
    >I assure you that when you think "10 inch brakes, 2" shoes, boiling brake
    >fluid..." you encourage the driver to slow down. I don't want to know what
    >RPMs the engine has to turn to pull that speed. (overdrive, 31" tires,
    >since
    >I'm sure someone's going to tell me...)
    >
    >--
    >dscheidt@tumbolia.com
    >Bipedalism is only a fad.
    >

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