From: Joe Foley (redmenaced@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Sep 22 2002 - 18:58:42 PDT
--- GOTAM35 <gotam35@sc.rr.com> wrote:
> OK boys and girls, I have a question. This big old
> engine in my M35 can't
> hold 55 mph up hill empty. My F-250 with a bob cat
> on a trailer behind it,
> weighs more than the deuce, but can hold 70 mph up
> hill. My understanding
> of physics may not be the best, but the energy
> required to move the mass of
> the trucks at a given speed should be the same for
> the same amount of
> weight. Why can't the deuce hold it's own. If the
> answer is as simple as
> the torque produced by the multifuel is less than
> that of a 351W ford motor,
> I'm sorry to ask a dumb question.
+++++++++
That just might be it.
But then again, consider the drag in the drive train
on the deuce, more/bigger spinning gears and drive
shafts, rear axles locked together, all that rubber,
higher profile, front axle definitely NOT made for
speed, and NDCC tires.
Joe
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