
03-11-2011, 01:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by madmaxx
Isnt there an engineer on this forumn that can calculate the difference in torque vs weight/rotational mass? If we know the mass of the crank, rods, pistons (cam is a wash) we could calculate exactly what the difference in torque is required between small block and big block.
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Crank, dampner and flywheel are rotational mass. Rods and pistons are reciprocating mass. Not sure which is more of a deterent to fast rpm and building good power, but both are bad.
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