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Smart quod bastardus
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Baltimore, MD, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WinRice
Because gear ratio can increase or decrease output torque by a factor of the gear ratio, not accounting for friction losses.
From Wikipedia:
A gear train can be analyzed using the principle of virtual work to show that its torque ratio, which is the ratio of its output torque to its input torque, is equal to the gear ratio, or speed ratio, of the gear train.
This means that the input torque TA applied to the input gear GA and the output torque TB" on the output gear G B are related by the ratio
where R is the gear ratio of the gear train. |
Got it now i feel stupid for overlooking this. I was thinking wheel horsepower and mistakenly thought gear ratio has no effect but you are right sir. So I guess the dyno does a conversion based upon the gear ratio you enter and then converts to RWHP. The of course you can back calculate HP at the crank using a good suitable tranny loss number which most people accept 12-15% for the 911.
Thanks
Fred
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