Hi Buck!
Don't know if anyone else is interested in what you mentioned about tire
patch vs engine torque, but I did a quick search and couldn't find
anything--is there a link or an article you could reference that would
help me out?
Thanks in advance!
Best Regards
David Sosna
On 11/13/2012 10:35 AM, Buck Trippel wrote:
> Larry has a good question and Theo came up with a quick answer that is
> very interesting. I had no idea the number would be so large. Thanks!
>
> About ten years ago, Trevor Harris urged me to concentrate more about
> how much torque the tire patch can absorb. Once that's exceeded any
> excess torque becomes almost meaningless.
>
> BTW, there's a great article in the new (nov/dec) edition of Vintage
> Motorsport about Trevor. It's about 8 pages long & is titled "Racing's
> Unsung Genius". I can't figure out where they came up with "unsung".
> After all his CanAm cars,
> Gurney Eagles, BRE, Electromotive, and 30 years at Indy, I thought he
> was pretty well known. And that's without the off road Trophy trucks.
>
> bt
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Smit, Theo"
> <Theo.Smit@dynastream.com>
> To: <drmayf@mayfco.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>;
> <tigers@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 9:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Dana 44 Question
>
>
>> Hi Mayf,
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_44
>>
>> This article says 3460 to 4170 ft-lbs, momentarily. I guess now you
>> have to
>> figure out what "momentary" means - but I would guess that these
>> limits tell
>> you when the housing would expire due to the tooth angles and the forces
>> trying to push the gears apart. Taller ratios should allow you to
>> apply higher
>> input torques.
>> It also says 2.72 is the tallest ratio.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Theo
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-
>>> bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Larry Mayfield
>>> Sent: November 11, 2012 8:51 AM
>>> To: land-speed@autox.team.net; tigers@autox.team.net
>>> Subject: [Tigers] Dana 44 Question
>>>
>>> I was just sitting here twiddling my thumbs and a burning question came
>>> to my mind. Anyone know how much torque a Dana 44 can handle with a
>>> spool and a very tall set of gears? Is there a ratio higher than
>>> 2.88:1?
>>>
>>> mayf
>>>
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