Viper

Racing Torque Cal

Viper

Racing Torque Calculat

Foreword
Calculations for a dynamic running engine are complex as we are dealing with camshafts, exhaust systems, and the larger issue of the cylinder head design.

more comprehensive look at this from a simulation standpoint a $600.00 program like Dynomation may do more to answer your curiosity. However, if you are
for a quick and simple way to estimate the torque of the car you are building this tool might be something for you. The calculator in these Excel sheets will hel
to create more realistic torque- and power curves for your car and hopefully allow you to enjoy Viper Racing just a little bit more. These pages are however no
designed to answer all the questions, I will leave the more complex parts of car-editing for another day.
/Matt

Created by matt@vr

Torque Calculator for Viper Racing

Car model:
Requested power output:
Street versions revlimit:
This cars revlimit:
This cars displacement:
Air-inlet diameter:
Torque should be between:

1997 Chrysler Viper GTS-R with GT1 restrictors

680 bhp Enter the amount of bhp you want for this car.
6200 rpm Please enter the correct real-life value.
7200 rpm Please enter a value between 6200 and 7200
7998 cc
Please enter the correct real-life value.
32.7 mm Enter the size of the air-inlet or any air-restrictors
686 and 720 lb-ft
av. 703

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Notes
1. Please note that this calculator works a bit backwards since you enter the power output
first. This means that changing the air-inlet diameter will not affect the power output, only
the torque. Of course more air would mean a higher power output and revlimit but you
will have to change this manually.
2. This calculator has not been created to fulfil any demands for great precision. If anything
it is a tool that will give you an important clue what kind of torque you are looking at for
the car you are building. For more precise calculations exhaustive information is required
about the car and engine such as bore, stroke, rod length, compression ratio, gearing etc
3. The calculator displays two diffrent values for the calculated torque. I would recommend
you to choose something closer to the higher value if you are bulding a car known for
high torque (like the Viper) and vice versa (for something like a Ferrari).
4. When putting theese figures in your .cf-file remember one thing - in order to make realistic
power and torque curves you need to set the power and torque peak rpm correctly. This
can be a little tricky. Higher peak torque in Viper Racing will make initial torque lower and
lower peak torque will make the initial torque higher which will give you a more flat torque
curve. The torque peak rpm is also affected by power and power peak rpm. Good luck!
Cr

Ab o u t

torque and horsepower

Torque = Any given car, in any given gear, will accelerate at a rate that exactly
matches its torque curve (allowing for increased air and rolling resistance as
speeds climb). Another way of saying this is that a car will accelerate hardest
at its torque peak in any given gear, and will not accelerate as hard below that
peak, or above it. Torque is the only thing that a driver feels, and horsepower is
just sort of an esoteric measurement in that context. 300 foot pounds of torque
will accelerate you just as hard at 2000 rpm as it would if you were making that
torque at 4000 rpm in the same gear, yet, per the formula, the horsepower
would be double at 4000 rpm. Therefore, horsepower isn't particularly
meaningful from a driver's perspective, and the two numbers only get friendly
at 5252 rpm, where horsepower and torque always come out the same.

Horsepower = If torque is so important, why do we care about horsepower?

Because (to quote a friend), "It is better to make torque at high rpm than at low
rpm, because you can take advantage of "gearing". For an extreme example
of this, I'll leave carland for a moment, and describe a waterwheel I got to
watch awhile ago. This was a pretty massive wheel built a couple of hundred
years ago, rotating lazily on a shaft which was connected to the works inside
a flour mill. Working some things out from what the people in the mill said, I was
able to determine that the wheel typically generated about 2600(!) foot pounds
of torque. I had clocked its speed, and determined that it was rotating at about
12 rpm. If we hooked that wheel to, say, the drivewheels of a car, that car
would go from zero to twelve rpm in a flash, and the waterwheel would hardly
notice. On the other hand, twelve rpm of the drivewheels is around one mph
for the average car, and, in order to go faster, we'd need to gear it up. To get
to 60 mph would require gearing the wheel up enough so that it would be
effectively making a little over 43 foot pounds of torque at the output, which is
not only a relatively small amount, it's less than what the average car would
need in order to actually get to 60. Applying the conversion formula gives us
the facts on this. Twelve times twenty six hundred, over five thousand two
hundred fifty two gives us: 6 HP. Oops. Now we see the rest of the story.
While it's clearly true that the water wheel can exert a "bunch" of force, its
"power" (ability to do work over time) is severely limited.
Created by matt@vrgt.com

Dictionary
BHP

RPM

CC

Dictionary

for

dummies

Brake Horse Power. A horse power is the power of one horse, or a

measure of rate at which a horse can work. A 10 hp engine for
example do the work of 10 horses. Now work can be done slowly or
fast. The rate at which work can be done is called power.
The horsepower output of an engine is measured in terms of BHP or
Brake Horse Power. The name is derived from the braking device
which is used to hold the engine stationary while it is trying to move,
while the horse power is measured in labs on a dynamometer.
The BHP of an engine indicates the amount of power an engine can
produce at a certain engine speed at wide open throttle (or
accelerator fully pressed down).
Revolutions Per Minute. A measure of speed for any rotating device.
Engine RPM has a direct relation to output, and this makes a motor's
operating RPM range a big part of the performance picture.
Cubic Centimeters. A measure of volume.

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Peak RPM Calculator

Power output:
Torque output:
Number of turbo chargers:
Revlimit:
Displacement:
Air-inlet diameter:

680
700
0
7200
7998
32.7

bhp
lb-ft
ea.
rpm
cc
mm

Torque peak should be around:

Power peak should be around:

4008 rpm
5417 rpm

Example I - Viper GTS-R

Power output:
Torque output:
Number of turbo chargers:
Revlimit:
Displacement:
Air-inlet diameter:
Torque peak should be around:
Power peak should be around:

680
700
0
7200
7990
32.7
4010
5417

bhp
lb-ft
ea.
rpm
cc
mm
rpm
rpm

This calculator has been programmed to alter

the torque peak rpm slightly when needed i.e.
even if this Viper would have a torque peak
rpm of around 5000 in real life we will use
4000 rpm for this one. As you can see the at
these pictures it makes quite a diffrence.
In the last picture you can see that it is also
possible to change the curves by changing
the amount of torque but that is of no interest
since keeping the amount of torque is much
more important than keeping torque peak rpm.

E x a m p l e I I - Porsche G T 2 - R
Power output:
Torque output:
Number of turbo chargers:
Revlimit:
Displacement:
Air-inlet diameter:
Torque peak should be around:
Power peak should be around:

600
531
2
7500
3600
34.2
4900
6400

bhp
lb-ft
ea.
rpm
cc
mm
rpm
rpm

Now let's see. This is a Porsche 993 GT2-R

with air-restrictors. The power peak rpm
seems just a little to high maybe 1-200 rpm
but that doesn't matter that much. If you like
you can try changing the peak rpm values
to 5000/6200 rpm. Without restrictors I'd
guess this car would have about 650 bhp
and 595 lb-ft (see bottom picture).

Created by matt@vrgt.com