Re: [DML] DeLorean efficiency

["Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

...let's not forget, the police had reported that Rodney King had been 
chased in his Hyundia
Excell at speeds over 120 MPH in LA.
I think most ANY car will eventually get up to that speed.
The trick is how fast it does it, how fast it is in each gear and under what 
condition?

That "low effeciency" Vette you mentioned could take off up a steep hill
loaded down with fat chicks and whoop our asses even if we had Carl Lewis 
behind us pushing.

I was a Harley Guy long before I got into cars, and my years of motorcycle 
wrenchin'
have prooved time and time again..... "There is no replacement for 
DISplacement".

- VB

>From: mike.griese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [DML] DeLorean efficiency
>Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 05:37:24 +0000
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>I'm not sure what you mean by efficiency.  It seems that you are equating
>1hp to 1mph to determine your ratio.  This is not a typical measurement.
>Normally, engine (or drivetrain) efficiency is a ratio of the hp delivered
>to the energy contained in the fuel burned.
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>The amount of horsepower necessary to move a car at a certain speed
>is determined primarily by aerodynamics and rolling friction.  Torque gets
>you to the desired speed, horsepower keeps you there.  The more torque
>you have, the faster you can accelerate.
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>Mike
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> > To pharaphrase GMC, Not more than you need, just 'less' than your use
> > to. Over the last couple of weeks people on the list have been
> > stating comparisons of what DeLorean made in the 60's (muscle cars)
> > and his own version in the early 80's. And then there were some
> > comparisons to the 81 DMC and new cars of today. And then there were
> > posts about how stupid it is comparing technology of different
> > decades, and differnt restrictions and regulations of the different
> > eras.
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