Date:         Mon, 15 Jul 2002 19:04:34 -0700
Reply-To:     pensioner <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>
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From:         pensioner <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Thrust, HP, Torque, Gearing stuff.
Comments: cc: Christopher Berchin <ctb1@peoplepc.com>
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Hi volks,

Tim Smith did a little tool that us of the subaru bent (not that BenT, just
the subaru bent) modified a bit to provide a comparison method providing a
modicum of decision support for those who might be considering
wheel/tire/gearing changes.

It was a little while back but near as I can figure the approximations still
hold.

Note that it's a comparison tool, intended only as a guide or time sink for
fiddling away your infinite spare time and learning a little MS Excel along
the way.

Warren Christensen added some torque and power graphs for guiding one's
thoughts along the way to selecting a subaru motor.

I'm sure that using this tool along with Christopher's we can all do
modeling tweaks to our "ideal" vanagon without spending gobs of cash.

Perhaps we should post them on the Vanagon Yahoo Group (our backup list,
thanks to Jim R0)

I'll show you mine if you'll show me yours...heh heh...

"All models are wrong,
 Some models are useful"...Senior Curmudgeon 1999.