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Originally Posted by Flash68
Sorry, I missed that in your first post.
Just for a reference, when I was in the Porsche world for a couple years. Engine to chassis dyno conversions were routinely in the 12-15% range.
I have read about sub 10% losses for NASCAR... any truth to it, Che70velle?
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Actually yes, there are those types of numbers out there, but again, this technology does not apply AT ALL to anything that you'll see on here, which is why I spoke about "real world" experience. The money going into drivetrain testing is in the millions of dollars, in the NASCAR world.
I worked for a firm that built cup engines, but also did testing on things such as lightweight reciprocating assemblies vs. lap times, which would take months to complete, and cost several million dollars also...The results would surprise you. We were involved in early development of many things that most people would call BS on. Some stuff I can talk about, some stuff I can't.
The owner of this firm is a dear friend of mine. He was behind Cale Yarborough at the Daytona 500 in the late 70's, when Cale blew up. No big deal, until you find out he broke 8 rods...carbon fiber rods. This was Late 70's! Totally off topic, but true.