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Old 10-24-2007, 02:59 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by tholyoak
OK well I really didn't believe that in transplanting my 2.5L engine for my 3.6L X51 motor that it takes 15 more hp to get the power from the crank to the wheels.

I think I found the answer. It turns out that the 15% loss has to do with the rate of acceleration of the large drums on an inertial dyno. On a load control dyno, you assume a constant amount of parasitic drive train loss.

A good explanation can be found here for those that are interested.

http://home.earthlink.net/~spchurch/churchautomotivetesting/id12.html

Todd
That's accounted for and subtracted out when you get the dyno sheet so it's not part of the loss we're talking about. You're stuck with 15% man.
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