[Land-speed] Tires,Mileage,etc/non LSR ?

[Ed Weldon]

John -- I never thought about that.  But thinking just a bit further,  you
get part of that energy less the friction losses back in the first stage of
the power stroke until the cylinder pressure rises to the same level as the
crankcase pressure.
Ed Weldon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Burk" <joyseydevil at comcast.net>
To: "LandSpeed List" <Land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Tires,Mileage,etc/non LSR ?


> " No power is wasted by creating a vacuum in the intake manifold (AKA
> Throttling losses). "
> During the intake stroke it takes 60+ pounds to pull a 4" piston down
> against 10" of vacuum .
> John