[Land-speed] Torque Drop>From>JG Magoo

Skip Higginbotham saltrat at pahrump.com
Wed Apr 30 14:20:28 MDT 2008


And...how much ignition advance do they run at 20k to help the flame 
front stay up with the piston speed???? Top Fuel engines run as much 
as 65 degrees to enable 9000 RPM. It's not just VE.
Skip




At 11:34 AM 4/30/2008, Dave Dahlgren wrote:
>Actually Cosworth is over 20k rpm in qualifying trim..LOL 19k is in
>'endurance trim' LOL
>Dave
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <jgmagoo at comcast.net>
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>Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:28 PM
>Subject: [Land-speed] Torque Drop>From>JG Magoo
>
>
> > Doc,
> >
> > You wrote:  "if you can keep the cylinders filled"....
> >
> > Right there you came very close to answering your own question.   ;o)
> >
> > Think about this.  A  current Formula-One V-8, NATURALLY ASPIRATED, turns
> > 19,000 RPM. That means each cylinder needs to be 'completely filled'
> > 158-TIMES PER SECOND!
> >
> > Can you immagine a beer-bottle-filling-machine at a brewery trying to fill
> > 158 beer bottles per second?
> >
> > At some point, it just can't be done..........and efficiency drops off.
> > ;o)
> >
> > JGMagoo
> >
> > Can you say, "Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow" 158 times per second?    ;o)
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