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Originally Posted by steffen707
Well what I quoted wasn't meant to fabricate a completely different sentence as your quote clearly has, if you want to be an a$$hole and start a pissing match, You have succeeded.
And owning both flywheels I do intend to try both out, unless I read about somebodies detailed test results.
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I anxiously await your results, as I already have mine. They contradict your thoughts. I know that in your eyes I have become (or am, but I am okay with that) an A-hole. But your lack of time searching the internet to cover this topic makes you look...well, I found answers that support more than the "at full throttle, xHP are added".
A little story, which you could give a crap about... I once led a student group to an automotive build and competition. I was the first to get it to go in 2 years of trying, and it went every year I led the group. I graduated and they didnt make it the next 2-3 years. While I was there, I took a group of 40 aspiring engineers and auto enthusiast and whittled it down to 5-8 guys through enforcing expectations of deadlines, research, design, and follow through. Many of those 40 young men have poor opinions of me. Many of them never had the follow through or wherewithal to make it to the big show. Do I feel bad that they don't like me? No, and that is because if I had fought for there friendship, I would never have succeeded.
What does this mean to you? It should give you an idea of my expectations from my students as well as my feelings (or lack there of) when it comes to offending people in the pursuit of getting to the right answers or to the end product. I have worked in performance automotive and powersports shops for 6 years, 2 years building ground up race cars, and teaching automotive education for 6 years. Your time is valuable, but you are in search of proving me wrong, so let me give you some pointers for your testing to maximize your chances of proving me wrong:
1. When you go to the lite FW(low inertia), give yourself an oil change worth of time on it before starting your test. You will need to acquaint yourself with its nuances.
2. Test multiple driving conditions. City, hwy, CC, P&G, EOC, etc. It is plausible that one of these might net you the results you are looking for (although most of them will not).
3. Test over some significant amount of time (2 months) to get the best data possible.
4. Separate #2 tests from your regular driving numbers. Do this so that the data is not commingled and distracting from the pure state of each test.
5. If you switch back to the heavy FW(high inertia), make sure that you give yourself some time to reacquaint yourself with it before testing. This will likely take less time than the other FW.
6. Check you tire pressures regularly throughout this so as not to soil data one way or the other (in the case of weather changes- Sept, Oct temp drops)
7. Realize that in large tests of this nature, tire wear will play a part in number changes. And whatever you do, resist all other changes that would effect mpg. If you are tempted to make other changes, makes sure that those changes are well documented within your testing.
oh yeah, big secret, minimize engine load...LFW will be very picky for mpg's surrounding higher engine loads. This may mean that, for you to maximize your numbers, that you run a lower gear to keep rpms up.
Well, if I wasn't an A-hole before, I am sure that I am now.