[Land-speed] Some classification Questions (non turban, religion or political related)

[Rich Fox]

As I remember there is a steam engine class with a 145 mph record. The 
Diesel/Gas/Nitro Electric question was asked and someone said the class 
would still be decided by the cubic inches of the engine driving the 
generator. What would be cooler than that would be a giant spring that would 
take two Electromotive diesels to wind, installed in your Sunbeam. Point it 
at Floating Mt. and let it go. Have to have another one waiting for the 
return run.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "drmayf" <drmayf at mayfco.com>
To: "LSR" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 2:56 PM
Subject: [Land-speed] Some classification Questions (non turban, religion or 
political related)


> Was just sitting here pondering my navel and and some odd thoughts came
> to me. You know they are odd because they are mine, lol... All have to
> do with car propulsion method classifications..
>
> for instance, my car is a BFMS with a C motor (barely). How would the
> classification go if I wanted to stick a small diesel in it? No, not
> planning on it, just curious. Lets say the diesel was 2.5 L displacement
> if that matters...
>
> and, what if I wanted to convert it to electrical propulsion? Would that
> be a ??? Example?  Assume the car weighs 2500 lbs if that matters.
>
>
> similarly, steam?
> I know Ford run the hydrogen car but it was really electrically
> motivated. The hydrogen only provided the electricity so what class was
> that car in. To my dim thinking that should have been some kind of
> electrical designation.
>
> I know there is a spot in the rules that say someting like  a
> supplemental engine has to contribute to the propulsion of a car before
> it is considered for cubic inch displacement...but wouldn't a gas or
> diesel generator drivng electric propulsion be directly connected
> especially if no batterys are involved anywhere?
>
> Comments? Thoughts?
>
> lets see if we can scare up a meaningful discussion...
>
> oh one final odd one... and it has to do with elec drives. HP is hp when
> it comes to over coming the aero issues and rolling resistance. So it it
> takes 500 hp to go 200 mph wouldn't the elec motor also have to produce
> that same amount of power? And if running off a generator in the car
> wouldn't that also have to have very significant hp as well?
>
>
> mayf
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