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Re: [T3] Horsepower at the wheels.


Ive felt my trannie.... and always wondered why it was SO HOT when normal
driving... of course I later came to realize why.

On the trip to Parma... I think my trannie ran hottest when the outside temp
was hottest crossing Nebraska, flat and straight.  It got noticably louder
after that day.  I didnt feel it after driving through the mountains but I
can say it didnt get any louder after that.  It got noticably louder after
another hot run earlier this year.... So I dont *think* it got really hot in
the mountians.

Keith


> If you don't think that sounds like a lot, wrap your hand around a 50 W
light
> bulb and then turn it on, and see how long you can leave it there. Of
course
> the transmission has a lot more surface area, but we're talking about
> dissipating ~100 times as much power. And our hands are liquid-cooled. In
> normal crusing there would be much less power used, and much less loss,
but how
> about those climbs up the mountains on the way to Parma? I wish we had
thought
> to feel the transmissions then. Our output was maxed and our speed
(cooling)
> was minimized. The trannys should have been REALLY hot.
>
> I'll ask my drivetrain friend here, too.
>
> -- 
> Jim Adney
> jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, WI 53711-3054
> USA
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