My Super Shifters buddy uses no alts and 16 volt batterys in his 10 and 8 second cars.
"The" Homewrecker
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My Super Shifters buddy uses no alts and 16 volt batterys in his 10 and 8 second cars.
Me too, I love my alternator.
I'm guessing a relatively light alternator might be about 6 to 8 lbs.
Then you've got the belt, pulleys, brackets and the wire going all the way back to the cut off switch, if you have a rear mounted battery.
That would probably add up to another 6 or 8 lbs.
So lets say about 15 lbs total.
Out of curiosity, I ran the numbers through a calculator on the Wallace racing site.
If you took a 3500 lb. car that runs 10.50 and removed 15 lbs. it suggests you'd run 10.48
http://www.wallaceracing.com/wt-correction-et.php
Then moving along to another calculator, if you took the 10.48 and added two horsepower by not having the alternator drag, you'd be at about 10.47
http://www.wallaceracing.com/hp-correction-et.php
I'm sure some guys would say the .03 reduction in et is worth the trouble but I'm pretty lazy, so I'm sticking with my alternator.
I know I'm one of the ones that was talking about using a toggle switch to cut it off, but like you and Dan said I like having an alternator and am not likely to ever try a "kill" switch on it. Out of the .03 potential gain the calculator suggests, the weight would still be there if using a switch so that drops the potential reduction down to .01. Even the whole .03 doesn't sound worth the trouble to me either, but like I said earlier - tell that to the guy who just missed his ET goal (or lost a race) by that much. Personally outside of an occasional grudge race, I don't care if I win or not.....I just want to get out there and have fun.I'm sure some guys would say the .03 reduction in et is worth the trouble but I'm pretty lazy, so I'm sticking with my alternator.
I know I do not understand electricity at all. I was just imagining as I read your post and how hard it is for me to understand it............what it would have been like to have you here to TELL me this in person!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You know.....you have "an accent"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It wouldn't matter if Steve "drew you a picture",Phil!
.Electricity isn't hard,but it does tend to be lazy.
It wouldn't matter if Steve "drew you a picture",Phil!
Also for something you cant see, it bites real bad
why do you think i got an accentFunny that i only found out i had an accent after visiting the USA, no one over here told me, maybe they felt sorry for me talking this way
I guess i should understand, its the same way i felt when i met Martin
Steve
Dr Richard Kimble
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with the same et , a clutch pedal car will usually have a couple mph over an automatic ( I KNOW you knew that! ) .
if you're not lifting the go pedal anytime during the run , and your rolling resistance / weight is optimum and consistent ,
I think even getting into 10.60's , would require a major change ( more hp , or less weight )
Just wait til you meet me Steve. I think I might have Martin beat.Also for something you cant see, it bites real bad
Funny that i only found out i had an accent after visiting the USA, no one over here told me, maybe they felt sorry for me talking this way
I guess i should understand, its the same way i felt when i met Martin
Steve
I bet Dave (Iowa 409 Guy) heard a bunch that were even worse when he came down here recently.
Jason
I was getting along fine down there until that gal spilled that beer on me.
I was getting along fine down there until that gal spilled that beer on me.
Just wait til you meet me Steve. I think I might have Martin beat.
Im sure i will be able to understand you Jason,
I was at an Air Show at Winston Salem NC before we started to make out way to great bend in the RV,
I was there with my dad Colin and we were talking the a Police Officer about his bike (was part of sheriffs office which is another story)
The bike was the latest Kawasaki 1400, it hag a shot gun and other firearms on board, pretty amazing
Anyway i heard this voice say (you will have to forgive me as a really back woods accent doesnt come out well when not audio) "I herd bout dem dere bikes but i aint dun neere seen one"
I turned to Colin (Dad) and thought some one was taking the piss out of us.
But it was a guy who i recon could have been in the movie deliverance, i only really thought this sort of accent was on TV
We learned a lot in our 6 weeks
But not enough as we are planning another trip
Steve
I STILL can't believe she didn't take care of at least half of your bill for that. Or something. Anything. I was kinda disappointed in her.
I think she may have been a racist?????????
You're from up north......you'd have been on her side.I think she may have been a racist?????????
HEEEY!!!!!!!!!I can reed everthang ya'll arr sayin.............Steve................
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She should of sucked it off his lap!
Out weighed me......
Was she a line backer for the Saints???