Re: best line

["Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>]

Well Larry you do have a point, all else is not equal. It's all
in the power to weight ratio and the shape of the torque curve.
Typically light rice buckets have about 75% the weight of big
Vettes, but less than 75% of the power. But the idea of lighter
cars outperforming heavier ones is uncontested both in theory and
practice. Indy cars weigh half as much as Kit's shiny new
featherweight rice bucket.

Larrybsp@aol.com wrote:
> 
> from:larrybsp@aol.com (Larry Stark)
> 
>              Kit,
>                  I'll grant you light cars stopper better than heavy cars
> in most instances. I can't change the laws of physics. I do not
> agree that that a light car will be faster because it probably has a
> fraction of the torque and horsepower of a bigger heavier car. I also
> disagree that a small light car handles better than a larger heavier
> car. Look at how many times the SS Corvettes have taken top time
> of day or Pax'd TTOD.
> 
>              Just an observation but I rarely see small rice burners at
> open track events with the exception of the last gen RX-7's. In a
> venue where speed, handling and braking are equalized the bigger
> high horsepower cars are always going to be faster. If you think I'm
> off base your welcome to come down to Buttonwillow on June 10th
> and show me how much faster your ? is than my Corvette. FWIW.
> 
> 
>    Larry
> 
>  To:    Larrybsp@aol.com
>  CC:    kitwetzler@mindspring.com, ba-autox@autox.team.net
> 
>  Hmmmmm. . . perhaps that's because -- all else being equal --
>  lighter cars are faster, handle better and stop quicker?
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