ksbarry, The main reason to get a PE license -now- is that it will never be easier. The further you are from school days, the more review it will take.
The main reason to get one -ever- is that if you do need one sometime in the future, you will have it. Someday 20 years from now, having a PE...
"They also have the benefit of using a sealed hub assembly that bolts in."
Also has the advantage of letting vendors charge well over $200 for the wheel bearings for one wheel.
"The next thing I'm going to try is purchase the Corvette Black Book 1953 - 2004 by Mike Antonick that...
Jakub
Critical damping isn't hard to achieve, but it results in harsh ride and limits the ability of the wheels to follow the road, particularly when the road drops away from the car. That results in lousy traction on anything less than a very smooth flat road.
Dick
Willeng, You can cut through most of maths if you have rear wheel horsepower data available.
Thrust = power/velocity
Thrust = (rwhp/velocity)*375
Where:
rwhp = rear wheel horspower
Velocity is in miles/hr
375 = finagle factor to beat the English sytem of units into giving us an answer.
