If, as I suggested, he was using his forehead to operate the pedals, then changes are pressing the clutch would also press the other pedals, and cause this behaviour. I can't really think how else it could be achieved. Even buttocks have enough dexterity.
only if youre ambuttdextrous
the average person being right handed will only have full control over the clutch pedal with a practically limp left cheek hanging over the brake and gas pedal pressing both at random
It also has oil with higher coeffitient of viscous, which actually lower the engine power and increase the friction. It is beacause you rather want to finish a race than have 20bhp more and watch pretty smoke from the hood after 5 laps. Well, some drag prepared cars aren't able to drive even 400m without failure
They surely would, matched with inverted (comparising low reving diesel with e.c. ferrari engine) bore/stroke ratio.
Maybe turbine engines.
I think more power at full throttle is more prior for engineers than braking force at lift-off, and even if it is too high, they can reduce it somehow, if really needed.
Even in 1st it does that much deceleration. If you think ~130km/h takes aero drag into account so hard, change gearing that it will hit redline at 50km/h. Pretty black skidmarks at lift-off.
F1 is an extreme example, but shows that braking force can be huge, if you use high reving engine with MUCH_HP/1L.
I'm not sure now, if it was about 'throttle blip on downshift' or 'engine brake reduction', but maybe it is maneged by the same thing which is banned.
Hmmm, most race engines I've built or read about use a slightly runnier oil, with more anti-friction additives...
YOu mean oversquare, right? I think most diesels are longer stroke, but I'm not sure.
They are fairly well linked. To produce more power you lower the friction and losses in the engine. Higher output (for a given engine) = lower engine braking. Comparing a 1.3l hatchback engine to an F1 engine isn't fair. You have to compare 1.3standard with 1.3 tuned.
I didn't understand that sentence. Could you quote a source for this info. The +1g lift off braking figures are for high speed conditions, not low speed conditions. Read any report on F1 braking performance and it will mention that 1g of the decelleration from high speed is caused by aero.
I doubt the F1 cars have more engine braking (measured in torque at the flywheel - ignore gearing as that skews the conversation) than a 350hp 2.4 V8 road engine does, simply because that's not how engines work.
I'm not sure now, if it was about 'throttle blip on downshift' or 'engine brake reduction', but maybe it is maneged by the same thing which is banned.[/quote]
i drive an 08 vw golf (170hp 177lb-ft 2.5L), and i have to agree with tony. when you lift off
abruptly while doing max revs in first gear your car will decelerate pretty violently. you don't even have to do max revs to notice it.
I don't think you needed to post so many useless facts about your hatchback. And what you did write suggests that there isn't any need whatsoever to rev past about 7000rpm EVER.
But if you would like to make a video I'd love it. Can you get a g-meter in the car too. I find it hard to believe (having driven a friend's VTS a few years back) that it will be anywhere near locking the wheels.
Yes i shift UP at more than 7000 with this car and at more with others that achieve it...But i was talking about lifting gas completely in max revs in low gears...and it almost lock, almost, not full lock (first gear)...And this was only to compare real/LFS
tristancliffe you are implicative, the reason i posted that info was cause you didn't know a saxo could reach such revs, and more much more :-)....your name in my language means sad....
I didn't think it could, and you confirmed that it can't. You said 8000rpm, and now you've lowered that to a sensible figure.
I couldn't give two hoots if you think I'm 'sad', the point is that you are moaning about something you are feeling, and can't provide any figures to prove or disprove it.
Hence, give us some real life g figures to compare to LFS. Then perhaps some wheel figures. If you are JUST going by seat of the pants feel then that's meaningless in LFS. How do you know the tyres are 'just' locking? Have you measure their torque capacity and torque load? Or are you just assuming they are close to locking up based on noise (which doesn't tell you a damn thing), or decellerations (which again don't tell you anything, as a Saxo is capable of (at a rough guess) 0.7g braking, so the tyres are capable of providing more force than you'd get by lifting off.
In other words, you are misinformed and unable to prove any claims. And I happen to think you are wrong based on hard driving of many cars (including a VTS).
If the wheels almost lock when you lift off the gas, and you don't touch the clutch, doesn't it imply that you almost stall the engine? How can that be?
WRONG i said almost 8000 in my first post, so ...no point there...
Also i wrote the factory data, if you don´t know cars can go past redline (petrol) some more some less, only cars that i can´t get trough redline are the diesel ones (not tricked)...
If i ofended you...i did not meant to.
I haven't said full lock, i wrote almost lock, and wet tarmac and dirty tarmac you can bet my saxo whell spin front wheels slower than rear ones if i suddently lift my gas pedal in first gear...Why i did it? TO FU**ING compare with LFS, and it's not your business how much money i spend in repairs.
My saxo (my saxo not yours, or your friends) in the last annual inspection reached 8250 revs according to the guy who operates the machine(i don´t nkow what machine is, it just sits the car there and connects some cables to exaust, car battery and intake i guess, i nkow it can also measure gases)...AND in high way and Vasco da gama bridge i my kilometers counter passes max speed written in the gauge and reaches the clock and the revs goes at 7900 -+ once again almost 8000.
Now explain the ridiculous g meter, is that what you use when you are driving to know you still have grip???? do you carry one to school or work???? well i can tell when it skids or whatever, its called driving and predicting
The factory saxo brakes in 32 meters from 100 to 0, i have different discs, pads, and tubes(cables), and when i change tyres maybe i will give it a test but in g forces i don´t know...
I still doubt a Saxo's rev limiter will allow revving to 8000rpm, red line or not.
It takes more than an internet forum to offend me.
I didn't write full lock either. But now you've changed your tune - you're comparing a wet road in reality to a dry road in LFS? Why didn't you say, as that makes a huge difference. But how do you know they are 'almost locking'? Answer this: HOW HAVE YOU MEASURED INDIVIDUAL WHEEL SPEEDS?
I've not mentioned your cost of repairs.
[quote=TONI_PT;726912]My saxo (my saxo not yours, or your friends) in the last annual inspection reached 8250 revs according to the guy who operates the machine(i don´t nkow what machine is, it just sits the car there and connects some cables to exaust, car battery and intake i guess, i nkow it can also measure gases)...AND in high way and Vasco da gama bridge i my kilometers counter passes max speed written in the gauge and reaches the clock and the revs goes at 7900 -+ once again almost 8000.
The garage will have to rev the car a bit. If your man revs it above 3000rpm NEVER EVER EVER take the car their again - he doesn't know what he's doing. Emissions tests are basically at a fast idle (actually it's more of a quick rev up, but you won't go to 8250rpm.
At high speed on the road your speedo is going to be over 20kmh fast - all speedos are! As for the revs.
[quote=TONI_PT;726912]Now explain the ridiculous g meter, is that what you use when you are driving to know you still have grip???? do you carry one to school or work???? well i can tell when it skids or whatever, its called driving and predicting
The factory saxo brakes in 32 meters from 100 to 0, i have different discs, pads, and tubes(cables), and when i change tyres maybe i will give it a test but in g forces i don´t know...[/quote]
It's a way of measuring and quantifying the acceleration of a vehicle - something that is impossible just relying on noise and feel. It doesn't tell you grip, as such, but in a straight line you can work out the peak decelleration possible, which is a guide to what the tyres can do.
Lifting off will NEVER in a road car (even a heavily modified one) cause the wheels to lock (or nearly lock). Don't forget that I also know how to drive, and have experience of more than hatchbacks.
I think you are confusing a sudden increase in revs and a chirp from the drive train (including the tyres, but it's not them 'nearly locking') with a problem. But you have no way to measure it in real life or LFS.
Im aware of the speed error, even so, you seem not to understand what i write or you dont remmember the gauge, the error is percentual thus increasing with speed, even so it reaches the middle of the clock, ok? and it´s not normal, my previous saxo wouldn´t reach there even in descents, nor 2 other´s i´ve driven. About the revs, i´m not sure but i think it has no error(at least not as muck as the speed gauge).
My rallenti is not steady, and my co2 values float, so i started punching the gas pedal to see if it normalized when revs went down, and the dude from the machine started showing me the revs indicated in the machine while i did it. But you are right normaly we only have to slightly accelerate till 3000 rpm depending on the car..
I don´t know how to quote more than once in one post and iam not familiarized in editing posts, so sorry for the 2 post in a row, moderators feel free to join the 3 posts, or erase previous...
I know it's a very different car, and it's rear wheel drive, but I tried this in my MX-5 last night on the way to my girlfriends. 7000rpm (slightly beyond the red line, but before the limiter) in 1st gear. Full throttle to zero throttle. The car just slowed a bit. The wheels at no point were even vaguely close to locking (partially or otherwise).
I've not tried it in other cars, as the other cars we own are a bit to expensive to drive like such a twat in 1st gear, but I would put money on them not having any problems with it either, front, rear or all wheel drive.
I´ve seen mx-5do very cool stuff, like donuts, slides, and in those round roads(i don't know how it is called in english-a circle wich join some other arteries roads) it can go completly sideways still controlable...
I believe you, some cars do it more than others, compression ratio, gear ratio, weight, etc....varies, tyre condition is very important too...
But appart all this, please get in the xf gt at aston circuit and at the descent, stop the car at the beginning and in first gear lift the brake and let it roll, and see, the car accelerates way faster than it should do, with no inercia stored and the first gear engaged the engine should resist acceleration much more, try that in your car.
In my oppinion engine compression is has small forces actuating in the cars physics, i think it should be increased.
I was going to start a new thread, but this seems to be relevant enough.
I was just having fun on my auto-x layout yesterday, and managed to turn my XRT upside down. And what I noticed seemed a bit odd, correct me if I am wrong. The friction of the drivetrain is very-very low. I did a little test, revved up the wheels to 60km/h, left the car in 2nd gear and pushed in the clutch. It took the wheels 1min20sec to slow down to 50km/h (i.e. loose 10kmh). I am no car mechanic, but intuitively I feel that free spinning wheels should expirience a little more friction, since they have to "drive" the differential, crankshaft, gearbox and part of the clutch.
I have vague memories of spinning a wheel of my grand-dads car and somehow I recall it didn't keep spinning for minutes
Let me know if you think I am wrong