balancing.Settled?!....

[txrocco at sbcglobal.net (Patrick Bureau)]

axctually...

I can tell you this...

before the lightened flywheel and 2L conversionm, when I hit the rockwall
I30 hwy hill and hitting the bottom of it at 70MPH without changing the gas,
by the time I got to the top of the hill I was down to 55 mph.

with the 2L/LF... I am at 65MPH... I think the lightened flywheels make some
difference in this case, as what drives the engine is the stored energy in
the crank and the capability to maintain that energy with proper combustion.
and a lightened flywheel does not drag down the sustained or slow it down as
much therefore the exersion of the pistons on teh crank is easier therefore
able to hold and produce enough/more energy during the climb.

My ford in a similar example (7.3L diesel) drops from 70 to 50 half way up
hill... so the heavier vehicule will slow down more slowly, its all about
the engine capabilities IMHO. (free reving)

unless as usuall I missed the questions and buried myself once again.

ATS - Patrick Bureau


->-----Original Message-----
->Subject: RE: balancing.Settled?!....
->
->> Two cars, going 70, side by side...  One is 2000lbs, the other is
->3000lbs...
->> You two both approach a hill...  Neither one of you attempts to
->accelerate,
->> or to maintain the same speed...  Which one will go further up the hill?
->
->"The one with more potential energy stored. (i.e. the 3000 lb car or the
->car with the stock flywheel)