Power Loss Between Flywheel & Driving Wheels
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Any one know of the powerloss in a typical scooby bewteen the flywheel and the driving wheels.
There was a local article about a Nissan Silva, that had 186kw at the flywheel, but had 146kw at the wheels, ie 20% powerloss.
Anyone know of the figures for a scooby ??
There was a local article about a Nissan Silva, that had 186kw at the flywheel, but had 146kw at the wheels, ie 20% powerloss.
Anyone know of the figures for a scooby ??
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all depends on the dyno. Huge losses from tyres on rollers, so for instance using a dyna-pack on the hubs only will give you different results. Some dynos just add on x% to give flywheel figures, which is bollox. 2wd vs 4wd, high vs low tyres pressures, 3rd gear vs 4th, high vs low ratios, all very suspect.
Take it all with a pinch of salt, best thing is compare against standard car on the same dyno, or your own car pre-mods.
Paul
Take it all with a pinch of salt, best thing is compare against standard car on the same dyno, or your own car pre-mods.
Paul
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Just took my scooby on the rollers (Dyno Dynamics ?)and was mildly disappointed at the low power. Run was done in 4th, and car is not yet modded. I left the graphs at work. I guess I could work back from the stated power of 280bhp. IIRC I think power at wheels was 136kW (~181bhp), which implies a powerloss of 35%.
I guess not so unreasonable then, 35% ??
I guess not so unreasonable then, 35% ??
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