BEC uphill...

[olivero]

I am not looking to start (yet) another BEC v CEC debate, as I think that has been done to death.
Instead I was wondering how a BEC would peform going steeply uphill on twisty roads (say through the Alps?) with two people on board with some luggage.
Is less weight a torque a hinderance or does the lower weight make up the difference ?

[Locoblade]

Torque at the wheels is what counts, NOT at the "flywheel"

Edited by Locoblade on Monday 19th March 21:37

[Locoblade]

To elaborate, hills make as much difference to a BEC as they do to a CEC because both have similar torque at the wheels for a given power output due to gearing etc, and torque at the wheels is what makes you accelerate or maintain speed.

The extra weight of luggage will make a bit more difference but only because the weight of the baggage is a higher proportion of the car's entire weight, so you're dropping the power/weight more than if you start with a heavy car to start with.

Having said all that though, if you were doing lots of hill starts then a BEC wouldn't be the best tool to tackle the journey, but through some of the tunnels and underpasses it would sound fantastic!

Edited by Locoblade on Monday 19th March 21:46

[Furyblade_Lee]

I can maybe help a bit as many a time we were 2-up blatting around mountains of Europe with luggage strapped to the back. How fast do you want to go? The Ferrari 355 with us could just keep in touch, but seriously the car was faster than me so irrelevant. I could go as fast as my brain could compute. Oh, and return 30 mpg over 1,400 miles of touring. If you feel it labouring the bang the stick twice and hold on.