Very fun analytical tool
01-24-2002, 11:40 AM
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Very fun analytical tool
This showed up on a Saab list. I've played with it for a few days and found it very entertaining as well as a good tool to test out different things on your car. Go to the bottom of the page and download the shareware. I've already sent him some money.
http://home.earthlink.net/~patglenn/ct.html
He has many Porsche's listed with their specs. You can then copy a cars specs and modify them and then compare the differences. As a point of reference, when I put the parameters of my 968 along with the current conditions and altitude up here, the numbers turn out almost identical to my real world tests.
This guy has done a whole lot of work that goes a long way to answering many of the questions we bring up regarding engine mods and other things.
Good luck!
http://home.earthlink.net/~patglenn/ct.html
He has many Porsche's listed with their specs. You can then copy a cars specs and modify them and then compare the differences. As a point of reference, when I put the parameters of my 968 along with the current conditions and altitude up here, the numbers turn out almost identical to my real world tests.
This guy has done a whole lot of work that goes a long way to answering many of the questions we bring up regarding engine mods and other things.
Good luck!
01-24-2002, 03:27 PM
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well, while we are on the subject of simulation software...
back at school, i took a class taught by the most brilliant person i have ever encountered, prof. john lumley, a mechanical engineer whose work in the field of theoretical fluid mechanics is known world wide. In his spare time, he restores old cars and wins national competitions with them.
part of his class involved simulating the results of various changes in engines... if you want to get hardcore, check out the software that he helped some dude at stanford develop.
ESP
back at school, i took a class taught by the most brilliant person i have ever encountered, prof. john lumley, a mechanical engineer whose work in the field of theoretical fluid mechanics is known world wide. In his spare time, he restores old cars and wins national competitions with them.
part of his class involved simulating the results of various changes in engines... if you want to get hardcore, check out the software that he helped some dude at stanford develop.
ESP