Who knows anything about torque multiplication?

[Nobody]

You know, you take the 1st gear ratio multiplied by your final drive ratio and you get a number. What is the ideal number that drag racers look for?

Anyone?

 

[Zero Signal]

It's called Tractive Effort (Te = torque x tranny ratio x rearend gear / tire radius)

Obviously you want more. No matter how much you have you always want more since more = faster

 

[SeventyMach1]

Okay .... I have a question that might sound dumb. On the tire radius ..... do you plug that variable in by "inches" or what?

 

[Nagash01WS6]

Tractive Effort (Te = torque x tranny ratio x rearend gear / tire radius)

Your units on the tire radius will depend upon your torque units.

If torque is in ft-lbs, it will be in feet, if in Newton Meters, meters.

Looks like your units in tractive effort will be a quantity of force, lbs or newtons.

 

[Zero Signal]

Your units on the tire radius will depend upon your torque units.

If torque is in ft-lbs, it will be in feet, if in Newton Meters, meters.

Looks like your units in tractive effort will be a quantity of force, lbs or newtons.

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