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Old 11-02-2004, 02:34 PM   #9 (permalink)
Bob
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Originally Posted by PHOEBISIS
The reason you never see Dyno charts from idle on up,is that the motors just can't smoothly drive the dyno at low RPMS and full throttle.When they would be adding the load to the rear tires,the motor would start jerking-it just isn't designed to work at full load -full throttle-1000 rpms.They usually won't drive the dyno smoothly till about 3000 rpms.It would also "lug" the motor and maybe damage the bearings.Lugging is that jerky feeling you get in a manual transmission car when you have it at low RPM in too tall a gear-you sorta feel the motor slowing down between piston pulses.Thanks,Charlie
Another reason you don't see Titan chassis dyno numbers from 1000 to 2500 rpm is, unless you're dynoing in first gear, the transmission will downshift at that low of an rpm unless there's a "hold" button that I'm not aware of
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