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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