Re: Shifting points and torque curves

["George Turner, Jr." <george@dxnet.com>]

hrm...not i am not sure if there is a mathmatical way to do it with out getting your car dyno.  if you live in the los angeles area...then i know a guy that will do it for $25 bucks...and he is really good...it is also a good way to know where your car stands with horse power....at last dyno i was at 181.5 at the crank....w/air box mod, q-chip, and tt stainless exhaust....when you read those articles claiming 10 hp from a chip, and 12 from an exhaust....it is true, only if you have all other mods..(ie cams, port and polished,headers,.etc)
if you dont...you get bet on about half to one- third of the hp that the article cliams you will get...so 12=4 to 5 hp with no mods....a dyno will give you your opt. shift point, and torque curve....its pretty cool to see you car go 120 mph without moving...
geo
- -----Original Message-----
From: Eric Wang <wangstervr6@mailexcite.com>
To: jettaglx@igtc.COM <jettaglx@igtc.COM>
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 7:14 PM
Subject: Shifting points and torque curves


>Hey everyone,
>
>     Does anyone know if there's a way of actually calculating the optimal shifting point based on the engine's torque curve?  I'm doing this math project for school and I'm trying to see if there's a way to mathematically calculate this thing...  
>
>- Eric 
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