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Re: Horsepower vs speed

To: @gte.net, tigers@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Horsepower vs speed
From: DrMayf@aol.com
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 08:58:16 EST
The question was (is) how fast could the LeMans Tigers have gone with good
300Hp 289s instead of 260s? Well if the 300HP is flywheel HP and the tranny
and differential efficiencies are 95% each, then terminal speed would have
been about 165 mph. If the 300 Hp is rear wheel, then top speed would have
been about 170 mph. At high speeds, small speed increases require LOTS more
horsepower!!!

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