RE: [DMCForum] Livin' the dream in 11472

["timnagin" <timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, but while traveling down hill in this manner you will have resistance
from the front engine and transmission due to internal friction if the
transmission is not in neutral.  My inquiry was in relation to the front
transmission being constantly pushed, while in gear, by the rear engine,
much like you driving down the road with your foot resting on the brake
pedal.  The brake pads will wear prematurely as could the internal parts
in
the front transmission since there could be a continuous load beyond
design
parameters.  Something internally could fail at an accelerated rate.

Not the same as in a four wheel drive or all-wheel drive vehicle where the
front and rear are mechanically coupled by the drive train to do work,
though the Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 did suffer from this as well.

Greg


-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Levy [mailto:malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 11:41 PM
To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [DMCForum] Livin' the dream in 11472


What is there to work out???  If your driving down a
hill, the force of the weight of the car and gravity
will cause the car to increase in speed with no
increase in energy output from the engine..

When the engine in the back kicks in, the engine in
the front will behave as if it is going down a hill...
Well, a hill the height of Everest going straight
down!!


--- timnagin <timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >The engines, and therefore wheels, are not
> connected, so there will be no
> >drag or slip.
>
> The engines and transmissions may occupy their own
> space but they are still
> mechanically connected by the over all vehicle as
> one system, so they will
> still have an effect on each other.  I am sure Rick
> has worked all of this
> out, but I do wonder how that front transmission
> will work out.
>



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