Power to weight calc

[Clare Snyder]

Dan Zorde wrote:
> 
> To all ye faithfull ones out there.
> 
> Need small favour for making my car seem to have a lower power to weight
> than it actually has for this years competition, instead of engine capacity
> classes they will use power to weight ratio classes.  The calc will be based
> on 1/4 mile runs (time, speed ?), diff ratio and final gear ratio, weight
> and probably tire size.  Now the only thing that can't be checked is diff
> ratio, so the question is, do I need to say that the diff ratio is more
> (3.36) or less (2.78) than what I'm actually running (3.08) to reduce the
> calculated power to weight ratio ?
> 
> My conclusion is 2.78 (power=torque*rpm), is this correct ?
> 
> Much appreciated
> 
> Dan     dzorde at geocities.com
> (Everyone has their own way of trying to gain an advantage)

What's stopping them from checking gear ratio?????
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