Rotor Weight Effects on Dyno Results

Jon Pennington cowboydren@b15sentra.net
Tue, 23 Dec 2003 13:32:54 -0600


Berkeley and Bill Conner said:

> 5 pounds of rotating mass to each side which should reduce the measured
> horsepower at the wheels.  But by how much?

It affects much less of a change than adding 5lbs of road wheel.  Because
the mass is kept very close to the center, the inertial difference is
relatively small.  I have no anecdotes to point to, but I sincerely doubt
you'd notice it.

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