Agreed I don't give a rats ass about dyno's unless they win me money
it's cool to see where the trucks at but its nothing compared to the strip.Drag racing help, time slips included
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Agreed I don't give a rats ass about dyno's unless they win me money
it's cool to see where the trucks at but its nothing compared to the strip.
I made my first post just reading from pg 7, after I went back and read your original post(which was very clearly written, and I understood perfectly:thumb
reading comprehension, yes, due diligence in investigating previous info, no, not so much...:spit:
No. Not really. It's pretty simple. Lots of math, but the concept is pretty simple to see. Like Josh said, your trap speed is pretty constant regardless of traction, etc. So you can use that as a pretty darn good measure of HP.
How is that? Think about it. HorsePOWER. Power being the key part of the word. Power is the rate at which work is done. Work is when a force acts to move a body. Basically drag racing is moving an object of known mass, a known distance. And when you are done you are left with the amount of time it took to do that work, and also how fast (mph) that body was moving at the end of the track.
So tell me this, what's the best calculator to judge my hp from? Because I've used several and all but one show 540-560 hp having a weight of 7200 lbs
hmm thats weird, that one is the only one that shows me at 500 hp. I googled a couple, and one even has the equation and it shows me at 556 hp, another shows me at 598, another 545 hp. using the equation I got 545 hp.
edit: I failed to mention that when the truck was dyno'ed there could have been no correction factor in place. I am not sure if there ever was a correction factor added from the start.
Haha that calculator put me at 780hp at the tire and 850 at the crank, no wonder I broke a rod :roflmao:
Not sure if someone can read that jibber jabber on the bottom, but can you tell if there was a correction factor added?
Not sure, hitch and spare removed. I've been saying 7200 on all the hp calculators based on et.
Edit: didn't read who you quoted
my badI would say the average no weight reduction CC/SB 4x4 is more along the lines of 7000-7100 lbs depending on exactly how much crap is in the truck. I know my truck with nothing extra in it, a 1/4 tank of fuel, stock wheels/tires, and me in the driver's seat weighs right around 6900 lbs. In it's current daily driving configuration with a lot more stuff in it and under it, it weighs about 7200 lbs with the same amount of fuel and my 20" wheels.
I doubt it. In my opinion, those correction factors always seem to be a little generous.
That's what mine weighs 7200 with quarter tank and everything I need cleaned out to race, also with my 20" wheels on the truck.