

| Subject: | Re: Silly idea? |
| From: | Ralph Meyermann |
| Date: | Wed, 12 Feb 2014 04:28:55 -0600 |
I just want the best balance with or without pulling boat and larger wheels for future brake upgrades Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy On Feb 12, 2014 4:24 AM, "Ralph Meyermann" <ralphmeyermann@gmail.com> wrote: > Mostly for pulling the boat, an added 1,000-1,200# + fire wood added to > the already loaded up westy. > > Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy > On Feb 12, 2014 12:56 AM, "Ed McLean" <email99@bellsouth.net> wrote: > >> You might find that Excel Dyno V2.2 is useful when investigating >> performance >> with a different engine and larger tires. A can't vouch for the absolute >> accuracy of the calculations but it was pretty accurate in predicting my >> 0 to >> 60 mph time with my Subaru Vanagon Westy conversion. It also predicted >> that >> the 0 to 60 mph time with 215/65r16 tires would be a trace quicker than >> with >> the smaller 205/70r14 tires. Actual measurement proved this to be true. >> Further investigation indicated the reason was I would stay in more >> rapidly >> accelerating lower gears longer to higher speeds with the larger tires and >> not suffer the acceleration penalty of shifting into third as would be >> done >> with the smaller tires. Accelerating to higher speeds would, of course, >> eventually be overall slower with the larger tires. >> >> Excel Dyno v2.2 can be downloaded from the Yahoo Excel Dyno Users Group. >> >
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