Hi Clayton, > Rotational mass does affect acceleration more than non rotational mass... but > the difference is much less than 10x. The more > reasonable number is 3x. At the Vehicle Research Institute (in the tech > school that I went to), they said that 2.7x is more > accurate but 3x is easier to use.
Yeah I had a feeling 10x was a little high, my fault. :-) >Unsprung weight does not affect acceleration at all. Of course it doesn't, I didn't clarify myself enough. Unsprung weight only makes a difference in the handling and responsiveness of a car, can't do a thing for acceleration. In the original post, I thought Francesco was talking about his GTI being a beast simply because he removed the A/C compressor for weight purposes. As he posted, he was refering to the gains he got from taking the compressor out of the belt loop (I guess the electromagnetic clutch was always engaged.. :P Denis http://come.to/veedubs _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
