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[Raymond C Drouillard]

On Wed, 3 Feb 1999 17:06:08 -0700 bearbvd at sni.net (Greg Hermann) writes:
>>Greg Hermann wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> No way--a two element torque converter is a violation of Newton's
laws!!
>>>
>>> Regards, Greg
>>Then what do you call a 3 element fluid coupling? The torque 
>multiplier
>>in the early hydramatic did not make it a torque converter - it was
>>still a fluid coupling because it had tangential vanes. This was used
>>on  some Pontiac Hydros.
>>The curved vanes of the torque converter reroute the oil to the
backside
>>of the pump instead of the front side - thereby increasing torque. The
>>addition of the stator in a torque converter is much more effective
than
>>a multiplier in a fluid coupling for this reason.
>>Don't believe me - go get a good automotive mechanics text book -
>>preferably from the era when fluid couplings were not ancient history
>>and check it out.
>>
>>An old fossil who's actually seen, driven, and worked on them.
>
>And how many legs does a cow have if you call it's tail a leg??
>
>Correct answer is either one or five, depending on the level of
abstraction!!
>
>Very simply, there is no way to put more torque in to an output shaft
whan
>what comes into the input shaft unless some part of the "contraption"
puts
>a reaction torque into the case. PERIOD.
>
>"Every action must have an equal and opposite reaction."

"The sum of the moments around any point is zero" to quote a basic
statics book.

>
>Not even Einstein altered that one!!
>
>Regards, Greg
>
>
>

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