Our drivetrain loss vs. Their drivetrain loss
01-09-2004, 01:08 PM
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Our drivetrain loss vs. Their drivetrain loss
How is it that a longitudinally mounted WRX engine has more drivetrain loss than a transversely mounts EVO engine?
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01-09-2004, 08:15 PM
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Just look up some dyno numbers. At best its the same percentage of loss... which still seems unreasonable to me.
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01-09-2004, 08:23 PM
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Hmm OK, I did more searching and it seems its all pretty even actually. I had heard very different numbers originally, like a low 20% drivetrain loss. But later reports seems to say somethin around 33%... and the WRX, is around 25%. OK, maybe I was off 
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some manufacturers are more conservative than others and some are overly optimistic. Unless you dyno a car on a chassis dyno and then pull the motor and run it on an engine dyno you can only estimate drivetrain loss.
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