waterrat
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| posted on 30/7/06 at 09:30 AM |
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doing the math
i'm building a locost trike using a motorcycle engine and i'm wondering if i will need to add a turbo to get decent performance. i know
the performance numbers for the bike and i know the approxamet weight of the final car, dose anyone have a way to calculate the final performance.
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Bob C
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| posted on 30/7/06 at 10:13 AM |
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There's a DOS application called "cartest" which you can add all your available information to to get approximate figures - google
for it cheers
Bob
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 30/7/06 at 11:24 AM |
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Cartest is a good program but if you want to get a quick estimate of the performance I'd say top speed will be about the same, maybe a bit lower
due to increased aero drag, and for an idea of 0-60 take the 0-60 of the bike, divide by the weight of the bike and multiply by the estimated weight
of the trike.
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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