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Index of thermal Efficiency

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Subject: Index of thermal Efficiency
From: "Louis & Laila" <bwana@c2i2.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 10:57:34 -0700
Just in case there is anyone out there who doesn't have the formula, I managed
to trace this down. I can't remember if the original question was ever
answered, but here it is:

IR=EM/Er   Where Er= actual fuel consumed in Liters per 100km, and EM is
calculated using this formula: P-300/100  + V/25  + (V-95)squared/600  +
(V-140)cubed/21,000  Where V= average hourly speed (kpm), and P=actual weight
of car in kg. THis was taken from "Sunbeam Alpine and Tiger, the Complete
Story" Grahm Robson, Though I can think of a better tiltle for the book.

The car Lapped the circuit at 5:16.4 seconds (fastest), averaged 90.92 MPH
(147km/h and traveled 2,182 miles (3,491 km). Can find no homologated weight
in any of my books or text. Hope that helps. Lou

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