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**Smokin** · October 24th, 2003, 01:48 PM

Does anyone know why drivetrain loss is calculated as a dynamic number as a percentage of RWHP instead of being a fixed value? Assuming that the transmission, clutch, axles, diff, driveshaft, etc were all a constant, why would the frictional and intertial losses be dynamic? So a car making 400rwhp operating on the same car can have a drmatically different actual drivetrain loss number than a car only making 100rwhp or one making 1200rwhp. Why? Who knows?

October 24th, 2003, 01:48 PM	#1
Smokin Schadenfreude Connoisseur Smokin is offline Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 13,125 Rep Power: 18	Drivetrain Loss Calculations? Does anyone know why drivetrain loss is calculated as a dynamic number as a percentage of RWHP instead of being a fixed value? Assuming that the transmission, clutch, axles, diff, driveshaft, etc were all a constant, why would the frictional and intertial losses be dynamic? So a car making 400rwhp operating on the same car can have a drmatically different actual drivetrain loss number than a car only making 100rwhp or one making 1200rwhp. Why? Who knows?