what kind of quarter mile time can you expect from a bone stock mav?

Yea that's true, the thing is you can just spin the driveshaft the other way. The only reason we mostly spin stuff clockwise is tradition and a right hand bias. Ok, and because it's easier to wind a clock counter-clockwise, you can put more arm strength against the spring turning into your body than out from your body. Again, right hand bias.

RThomas was talking about point to point driving, and I was talking about overall road design. Apples and Oranges. That is the only reason he got a butthead answer. Hopefully he doesn't hold it against me.

 

what does all that have to do with the thread subject...

 

Exactly! I just about spit coffee when I read some of the replies and it would help some of us move on quicker if there was more clear mechanical understanding of such things. Then.. we could get back to actual ET's and daydreaming about ET's.

And the Daewoo joke was really good too!

 

Trying to figure if this is a real thread? Are you guys serious or just stoned? What a trip reading this one !!

 

Are you kidding? It all has to do with physics, even in the UK rear drive cars are going to be biased to the right rear tire and that in it's self blows your safety theory out of the water. You are correct that you can make it a left bias by changing the rotation but it will have to be the rotation of EVERYTHING, engine back to differential and you will find very few examples of an engine that run counter to what's on the road now.

Stoned!

 

And to make matters even worse.. most engines actually spin COUNTER-CLOCKWISE. As does the transmission and driveshaft.

Unless of course you call the drivers side of a vehicle the right side because you're standing in front of it. lol

 

This is something that I know. My post was a completely sarcastic reply to his in reference to the shaft rotation thing. It is all about the rotation of the tire on the road surface. Also, seriously... transverse engines. It doesn't matter what way anything spins, we just adjust the gearing so it spins the tires the way we want them to. There's just only so much parasitic power loss you want to add to the system.

And, I didn't think they did bias tires to the drivers side in right hand drive vehicles. I'm not preaching an authority here, I'm just postulating a theory. Please do prove it wrong.

See I'd start a thread about spitballin on hook-patterns and the way different differential set-ups affect road worthiness. I just think it would cause bad blood.

 

The right generally spins because the torque lifts the rear end housing, taking weight from right wheel and transferring it to left... The differential gears don't care how they are installed...

 

That is what I always assumed. Same reason the same front tire comes off the ground for those few guys who can get one off the ground.

21 seconds...that is my guess. (just to stay on topic)

 

black with red leather interior body moldings and spoiler double overhead cam fuel injected sixteen valve four cylinder four speed automatic with a POWER switch to lock up the overdrive lol factory aluminum mag wheels air fold down rear seat Porsche double wishbone suspension factory remote mirrors 40 mpg cd player yup its a DAEWOO 194000 miles still doesn't use oil and it will outrun a MAVERICK

 

Correct... Generally when the RR tire lifts, that corner squats and LF will rise...

Of course a properly prepped 1/4 mile vehicle will plant the rear tires evenly and lift the front evenly, but that takes $$$, not to mention probably 6 or 8 200cu in worth of HP...

21 sec eh??? Sounds about right...

 

we are talking about a..."bone stock 200 I6"...what torque are you talking about...

 

Hey, those have enough torque to pull you into the seat as they casually roll off the line. They don't go anywhere very fast, but they sure do torque to do it.

 

It doesn't "lift" OFF the ground, but the pressure will lessen on one side and become firmer on the other, and an open rear will spin the one with the least pressure.

With very little power, even the weight of the passengers might be enough to force one tire over the other to spin.

 

Due to the inherent torque multiplication gained from low gear.. it gets multiplied to many hundreds of pounds. Which is of course why the car still squats to some degree.

Not everyone scoots around in LSx cars, Frank. We have to make do with what we brung.