I'm not familiar with the dyno process? I do believe straps have probably been broken, but I imagine they were weak straps. Some straps have a tolerance to 20,000 lbs. The straps they use in construction have a tolerance alot higher than that even.

 

Dude your a jackass. I wasnt calling anyone a liar.
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You sound like a little p*ssy, always trying to get people in trouble. Okay go run really fast and tell the guy I dont think he broke the straps.

 

You could be right, but how many people drive on there rev limiters?

 

it's got nothing to do with driving on their rev limiters. It's all about personal preference. From my won standpoint, I honestly am not after lightening fast 0-60 times from my cars.....I prefer top end power and the ability of the car to be greared well enough and have the right power curve to do a solid 60-150 blast. Others are different and prefer loads of downlow power to do 0-60 or 0-80.

 

area under the curve gets you to whatever speed faster than peak hp.

 

That's not true. Only in certain situations. You're making this out to be a blanket statement. I could draw a graph that has less total "area under the curve" but higher peak HP, and it could theoretically be faster.

You are right, though. It's physics. Area under this curve is work done. More work, faster speed. Total area under the curve doesn't count for **** though. It's the area under the curve in the powerband that you are using. Therefore, Car A can have more total area under the curve, but if Car B has more area under the curve from 4500-6500 rpm (and lets assume the power peak falls in that range), Car B will be faster when kept in that range and have a higher power peak.

I think that is what Z1Performance is talking about.

Dan

 

Agreed. Increasing the area under the curve in the used powerband should be the goal. And unless you aren't ever shifting or accelerating, the powerband is a lot wider than just 6000rpms and up.

--Steve

 

exactly!

 

yep danny thats what I meant, powerband. I assumed everyone knew what I was talking about when I said shifting, that is also the reason I put in the rpms.