modernbeat wrote:
KB58 wrote:
olrowdy_01 wrote:
... never gave any trouble running 10" wide rims and the stock 85 Hp Ford V-8.
I think that's why.
But that engine put out about 160 ft/lbs at 1500 RPM.
160'# times the gear ratio is a lot of shock torque when you slide your foot sideways off the clutch.
That machine took an awful amount of abuse. I was running 9.15x15 tires that had pretty good grip. I could climb a 100' high pile of dried clay with about a 20' head start at the bottom on a clean concrete portion of a road. The hill was formed when dump trucks were dumping the clay over the side of a plateau that washed out (so it was pretty steep).
I'd sit at the bottom and floor the gas pedal, when the engine wouldn't turn any faster I'd slide my foot off the clutch. I could clear the top but not many other cars/trucks could reach the top. Coming back down was worse than going up!!
There were tremendous shock pulses that hit the drive train. Of course the tires would pretty much light up at the start. Once you started up the hill the car was leaping like a horse so there were continuous torque spikes hitting the whole drive train. Low gear all the way.
That car was a good example of "They don't build them like that anymore." (thank goodness!).
P.S. the thing handled terrible since I didn't change the Ackermann. Once you got it in a power slide on dirt you had NO steering control with the throttle. The car would just as well slide sideways as go straight ahead. All you could do is let off the gas and wait till you had some steering affect.
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