wow.
What was the original question again? ;-)
-Arnold
"Gee, Brain. What are we going to do tonight?"
"Same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try and take over the world!"
>From: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
>Reply-To: <mrclem@telocity.com>
>To: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@idsfa.net>, "craig boyle"
><craig_autox@yahoo.com>
>CC: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: RE: Classes and course speeds
>Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 13:50:34 -0700
>
>The exact speed depends on the tires. Using the specs I have, which are
>supposedly based on the stock configuration of the car, they are as
>follows:
>
>'94 Miata, redline 7000 RPM, 4.1 diff ratio, 185x60x14 tires, 5.53'
>measured:
> 1st gear 34 MPH, 2nd gear 57 MPH, 3rd gear 81 MPH
>'96 Miata, same as '94
>'98 Miata, redline 7000 RPM, 4.3 diff ratio, 195x50x15 tires, 5.74'
>measured:
> 1st gear 34 MPH, 2nd gear 56 MPH, 3rd gear 80 MPH
>
>This would be actual speed, not speedomer indicated speed.
>
>Compared to John, I'm calculating a higher speed in 2nd and the same speed
>in
>3rd.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
>[mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of John J. Stimson-III
>Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 13:14
>To: craig boyle
>Cc: John J. Stimson-III; Michael R. Clements; ba-autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Classes and course speeds
>
>
> > --- "John J. Stimson-III" <john@idsfa.net> wrote:
> > > redline. 94-97 Miatas would get to 51 in 2nd and 80
> > > in 3rd.
>
>On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 01:04:56PM -0700, craig boyle wrote:
> >
> > Not correct.
> >
> > Craig
>
>Hey, I explained how I calculated it, which explains the conditional
>tense of the word *would*. If you do the calculations based on my
>inaccurate speedometer and the assumption that the tires are
>equivalent in size, those are precisely the numbers you would get.
>
>What are the actual speeds, in your experience?
>
>--
>
>john@idsfa.net John Stimson
>http://www.idsfa.net/~john/ HMC Physics '94
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