Sometimes You Nail It
- Amskeptic
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Sometimes You Nail It
I was mentioning, in this book I am writing? that there would be a couple of issues without a transaxle
to make better use of the engine.
With direct drive, for example, you would have to mount the engine sideways in line with the rear wheels.
A direct drive would give you approximately 225 mph at the engine's torque peak of 3,000 rpm.
Some people might find that perturbing . . .
to make better use of the engine.
With direct drive, for example, you would have to mount the engine sideways in line with the rear wheels.
A direct drive would give you approximately 225 mph at the engine's torque peak of 3,000 rpm.
Some people might find that perturbing . . .
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- RSorak 71Westy
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with direct drive the engine would NOT have enough torque to push it over 40 or 50 MPH I bet. And it would take forever to get to speed. You think your VW is slow now just remove the transaxle ! For every ft lb of torque the engine puts out is multiplied by the final drive ratio....about 4 to 1, even in top gear, in the lower gears there's gobs more torque driving the rear wheels.
Take care,
Rick
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Rick
Stock 1600 w/dual Solex 34's and header. mildly ported heads and EMPI elephant's feet. SVDA W/pertronix. 73 Thing has been sold. BTW I am a pro wrench have been fixing cars for living for over 30 yrs.
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My kids would probably be much more pleasant with a running engine between them.
- sped372
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That whole thing about loose fitting clothing or long hair near the generator belt just got a whole lot more terrifying.
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- BellePlaine
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Yeah, someone better tell that girl in the blue to tie her shoelaces if she's going to sit in the back seat.sped372 wrote:That whole thing about loose fitting clothing or long hair near the generator belt just got a whole lot more terrifying.
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- yondermtn
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Does it need a second engine for reverse?
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- airkooledchris
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at the least the dog understands hearing protection
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- sped372
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I think that is a teddy bear. This is the Dog:
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- Amskeptic
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I am working on the torque multiplication of the gearbox vs wheel horsepower. Yes, Rsorak71Westy, there is no VW engine that could possibly pull it off. I was talking rpms only.
With direct drive, we would be looking at laying down 3' 4" of rubber for every spark delivered by the engine. Good luck with pushing a bug through a wall of air at 225 mph, even if we are getting 100 sparks per 300 feet per second!
Yes, sped, you nailed it. That is a teddy bear! Gotta work on my depictions. We also have
Belle Plaine thinking that the blue boy with blue cap doesn't look like a boy, as opposed to the pink girl down to her shoes. Ah well . . . it would have been sexist of me, anyways . . .)
((are the smilies on spring break around here?))
With direct drive, we would be looking at laying down 3' 4" of rubber for every spark delivered by the engine. Good luck with pushing a bug through a wall of air at 225 mph, even if we are getting 100 sparks per 300 feet per second!
Yes, sped, you nailed it. That is a teddy bear! Gotta work on my depictions. We also have
Belle Plaine thinking that the blue boy with blue cap doesn't look like a boy, as opposed to the pink girl down to her shoes. Ah well . . . it would have been sexist of me, anyways . . .)
((are the smilies on spring break around here?))
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- Amskeptic
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Re: Sometimes You Nail It
Not only that, imagine the belt dust accumulating on the white headliner!sped372 wrote:That whole thing about loose fitting clothing or long hair near the generator belt just got a whole lot more terrifying.
Colin
(I thought luftvagen might appreciate the K&N air filter I put on so I wouldn't have to draw the big barnacle of an original air filter blocking the view of the alternator/belt)
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- tristessa
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Nice depiction of an EFI Beetle engine. :)
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- airkooledchris
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maybe it was a Tiddy Bear then, since it's in the seat belt position.
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- dtrumbo
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Me thinks the boy's beverage is just about to be sucked into the fan.
- Dick
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... as it turns out, it was the coil!
1970 Transporter. 2015cc, dual Weber IDF 40's
1978 Riviera Camper. Bone stock GE 2.0L F.I.
1979 Super Beetle convertible.
... as it turns out, it was the coil!
- Amskeptic
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I debated labelling it "bug juice", a staple of many a summer camp, but then I thought that would be way to cutesy.dtrumbo wrote:Me thinks the boy's beverage is just about to be sucked into the fan.
Current desktop set-up with my dual monitors, "negatived" art from my bus design:
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- glasseye
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amazing. what software are you using to crate that imagery?Amskeptic wrote: Current desktop set-up with my dual monitors, "negatived" art from my bus design:
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