HP/Torque underrating
#23
Obviously for insurance reasons you would want to keep the numbers down.
I am surprised insurance companies don't dyno sportscars to get the true rating... better they don't, they charge enough as it is.
I am surprised insurance companies don't dyno sportscars to get the true rating... better they don't, they charge enough as it is.
#24
Originally posted by charles@September 7, 2004, 12:39 PM
its about whether the car was made on monday, wensday,or friday
i dont want a car built by some one whose tired and has a hangover from a sunday barbaque or some one who is rushing trying to get home as soon as he/she can on a friday
its about whether the car was made on monday, wensday,or friday
i dont want a car built by some one whose tired and has a hangover from a sunday barbaque or some one who is rushing trying to get home as soon as he/she can on a friday
The biggest problem the manufacturers have are workers who do not show up. Go read wll the whining on BON now that the UAW contract says they can be fired (no recourse) after a certain # of AWOLs.
#26
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Originally posted by V10@September 7, 2004, 10:36 AM
Ever hear of manufacturing tolerances? Although parts are interchangable, no 2 parts are truely identical. Everything has to be manufactured within a specified tolerance, but there always is variation.
Ever hear of manufacturing tolerances? Although parts are interchangable, no 2 parts are truely identical. Everything has to be manufactured within a specified tolerance, but there always is variation.
As an example the original 302 in my 91 had the deck milled at 2 different angles for each bank (used to cause the intake manifold bolts to lossen up )
Supposeedly with the new generation engines they are machined on new equipment to much closer tolerences. Where as in the halcyon days of yesteryear a trip down to the machine shop for some blueprinting could yield substantial results just by making sure everything was square (and by that I mean, not just square to the crank, but comps were the same, valvetrain geometery correct, ect.)
Hence the almost baloney claims by rocker arm manufactures that by adding a set of roller rockers could add up to 30 hp.
#27
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Originally posted by V10@September 7, 2004, 4:11 PM
[The biggest problem the manufacturers have are workers who do not show up. Go read wll the whining on BON now that the UAW contract says they can be fired (no recourse) after a certain # of AWOLs.
[The biggest problem the manufacturers have are workers who do not show up. Go read wll the whining on BON now that the UAW contract says they can be fired (no recourse) after a certain # of AWOLs.
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