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The further away from the centerline of rotation the greater benefit of rotating weight reduction..
Remove 1 pound of rotating weight from the OD of the flywheel vs. a 1 pound reduction from gun drilled axles..... It's called moment of inertia. Just sayin'
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I maybe shouldn't wade in here because I really don't have a dog in the fight, but on the other hand, perhaps this info can help someone:
Decades ago, when I worked for the late great Super Stock & Drag Illustrated, I penned a tech article on the effects of reducing wheel weight. Sheldon Gecker (most here know of Sheldon) had run some well documented A-B-A tests of wheel weight on his Super Gas car. He went as far as having some heavy wheels made (same configuration as his light wheels), ran them and then switched to lighter wheels and then back to heavy wheels. The car definitely picked up with the light wheels. Keep in mind this was a relatively light, relatively high horsepower car. If I recall correctly, the goal was to improve the vehicle reaction and short times. Obviously for Sheldon, it worked. On a similar note, shortly after that I was personally involved in another magazine driveshaft test on a very well sorted, consistent mid to high class NHRA Stock Eliminator car. I won't mention the racer's name, but he is smart, seasoned and meticulous. A stock DOM shaft was swapped for a lightweight (illegal of course...L-O-L) aluminum shaft and then back to the DOM shaft (typical A-B-A test). Conditions were monitored closely and it was all accomplished in a short period of time. The car definitely picked up with the light shaft. My take by looking at the comments here is that the power and weight of the car can make a considerable difference. As a result, your results may vary...L-O-L |
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My old friend Charlie Ford told me over 30 years ago that "If everything I bought that was suppose to pick me up a Tenth or so was true.....I'd be going zero right now!"
Ain't it the truth......lol RJ |
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[QUOTE=RJ Sledge;569877]My old friend Charlie Ford told me over 30 years ago that "If everything I bought that was suppose to pick me up a Tenth or so was true.....I'd be going zero right now!"
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I would suggest that some of the tests discussed above were in cars that were overweight. If that's the case, go for it but if you are having to add lead back in to compensate, not so much to be gained. As I said previously, I would still buy these parts if I was building a new car, just that I realize that there is very minimal value in them. I'll be at Seattle this weekend, we can continue the debate there. Jim Caughlin SS 6029 |
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I guess we have all bought a lot of stuff that was supposed to be good for a tenth and were disappointed.
However a long time ago Paul Forte told us one of his 904 transmissions would be a tenth quicker than the 727 we were running and he was right. I am guessing about half of that was less static weight and the other half was reduced rotating weight. |
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Gentlemen--- Car Craft Magazine had an article a while back whereby they tested different transmissions and the Horsepower required to turn a transmission. I do not know if these are totally stock trans or were modified in any way, I also do not know if theTorque Convertor was used in these tests. These are THEIR results:
Powerglide---18 HP Turbo 350-----36 HP Turbo 400-----44 HP C-6--------------55-60 HP C-4--------------28 HP A904------------25 HP 727--------------45 HP |
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