[cdrazic93]

Originally Posted by bfrank1972

You know - I always thought of losses as a fixed % as well, but what he says does make sense. Then it struck me that we're talking about a pretty complex set of interactions, which is likely not fixed loss nor a fixed percentage loss... rather somewhere in between varying in a complex way. Then I turned to Google and found lots of articles about it, like:

http://www.superstreetonline.com/how...in-power-loss/

http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/transmi...in-power-loss/

I never said it is a fixed percent, I beleive its just a percent specific to the car. Like ultra maroon said, the more the load and the more the speed the less efficient the drivetrain components are. Thus increasing whp will decrease the efficiency of the drivetrain. I found that SAE paper that the superstreet article is talking about, but i didn't want to pay $20 to settle an argument.

As soon as I take my power train class I'll revisit this thread and shore up my findings.