Re: Crating vr6's

[Eliot Lim <eliot@u.washington.edu>]

On Mon, 13 Nov 1995 STEADIRIC@aol.com wrote:
> 
> I'm Siding with Scott here.

perhaps you can explain it in your own words!  no offence to scott, but i
just cannot see why an engine cannot be judged independently of its
installation.  certainly if you follow racing (i.e. F1), engines are
judged entirely independently of its chassis. 

people talk about how good a tire is without factoring in the car it is
attached to.  how is an engine any different?  especially the fact that
the vr6 is going to be sold to different makers. 

>  BTW the Q drivetrain only introduces a 3% 
> frictional loss penatly, but makes that up by lowering the Tire drag that 
> is caused by a unpowered tire, so it's a wash.....

how about drivetrain inertia? that's the resistance of the static mass.
it has nothing to do at all with friction.  think flywheel.

eliot