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How do you come up with flywheel power then?

The test is carried out in fourth gear. (This is because 4th is usually direct on most cars so gives the least losses). We dial no load into the rollers and get the car rolling in 4th at 1000 rpm. Then the throttle is opened fully and resistance is applied to match engine power. As engine power increases (when the turbo comes in) the resistance is increased, just to provide a steady smooth rate of acceleration. When maximum power has been shown and power is decreasing the transmission is disengaged and allowed to free-wheel on the rollers. This means the huge amount of energy built up into the rollers is reversed and they drive the transmission up to the clutch.

There is then a negative torque reaction and the amount of power required to drive the transmission is added to the power previously measured at the wheels. Simple eh?
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Blame sleepy Sooty, he didn't mention bhp or %

He'll be in the morning when he sees all this!
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quote:
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How do you come up with flywheel power then?

The only way to measure a fly fig accurately is on a dyno as i said many pages ago...
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quote:
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Blame sleepy Sooty, he didn't mention bhp or %




wot about blamin u for jumping to conclusion usin wrong calculations then not even havin the decency to listen to me when i was tryin to explain to u other wise. just kus im female oh and u are so great with cars
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My head hurts now

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quote:
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quote:
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How do you come up with flywheel power then?

The only way to measure a fly fig accurately is on a dyno as i said many pages ago...


Um it was a rhetorical question -- my explanation, sorry Power Engineering's explanation, is given below that question...
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Not at all Kerry, but as i said RR's measure power @ wheels, fly is threoretical and all RR's read differently.
I've read it all...
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How is is theoretical on a manual car when they can measure the drag on the rollers with the car free-wheeling?
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quote:
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Not at all Kerry, but as i said RR's measure power @ wheels, fly is threoretical and all RR's read differently.
I've read it all...


ure not tellin me anythin i dont know here and i have never disputed those facts i was disputing ure maths
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Depends how you add things up i suppose Kerry.....
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quote:
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Depends how you add things up i suppose Kerry.....


oh ffs just admit u was wrong and go to bed

this is like sayin u can just pluck any figures out of thin air add them and multiply them to how u want and then hey presto a figure that means fuck all
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you know what you guys all need after all this mathematical stress.........a GROUP HUG!! come on dont be shy!!
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Group hug
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im not huggin noone ta and im not stressed
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im not huggin noone ta and im not stressed



not even me??x
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quote:
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im not huggin noone ta and im not stressed


kerry just hugged me!

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