we have a motor that is rated at 800 ft lbs (1080 NM) of torque. we are planning on putting this in a triumph tr4 for drag racing. What is the likelihood of the frame turning into a pretzel?
Luck is a difficult thing to verify and therefore should be tested often. - Me
We are mounting solar panels on the electric car we are building. I would like to know what parameters are important and how to look for them. My biggest concern would be a rock hitting one of them or some other damage.
I apologies for not having better questions on this subject but I don't...
does anyone have any experience with mounting a transmission in the area of the rear axle and then elimination the ring and pinion gear and using a planetary gear set in each hub instead?
Luck is a difficult thing to verify and therefore should be tested often. - Me
I am considering building a prototype engine. I have the ability to sand cast aluminum. The engine will be a fairly small si gasoline or alcohol motor, id guess 1 liter (60 cu in) and designed for low speed operation (500 to 3000 rpm). the purpose would be to put in a small, but technically...
I am familiar with some of the types of VVT conceptually, but how are they really being implemented in production vehicles? Also what method are the manufacturers using to deactivate cylinders? It seems like you could just turn off injectors selectively but I'm guessing it is not that simple.
Are there any guidelines as to the minumums for acceleration? here inthe US I would assume minumum sustainable speed would have to be 75 mph (120kmh).So in the quest for smaller motors for higher fuel mileage is there a limit as to how slow a car you can make?
I was wondering if anyone had read or uses Motor Vehicle 12TH Edition by K Newton. It appears to be a college level automotive engineering book from what little info I can find but I am hoping someone is familier with this book and can compare it to millikin and millikin or rempell and stoll...
What is a good ackerman percentage for a passenger car?
I am building a custom car to use as an often driver and it won't be used for racing at all. It will occasionally be used to tow a trailer with a 1911 touring car on it. the trailer and touring car probibly weigh about 2/3rds as much as...
Is there a genral rule of thumb for peak bsfc? I know it is best at wide open throttle, but what about engine rpm? I am certain it would depend on the motor and the cam, but is there a relative curve that could be roughly plotted based on torque and HP curves?
I have found that google books search has full texts of many SAE engineering books. There have been a number of past threads where people have summarised information out of some of these texts and I thought people in the forums would like knowing they can look information up in some of these...
I am familiar with how many suspension settings affect a cars handleing on dry pavement, and while cornering, but how do the settings affect hydroplaning? I recently replaced the struts on my car (96 dodge neon) and set my camber to max negative (7deg ish)till I get an alignment (next weekend)...
I am hoping to put both on the 225 slant six i am building. I am having trouble finding any and was wondering about designing a set. also I am wondering about how much difference they really make. I am not building a HP monster but I want to pick up as many "free" HP as possible by reducing...
