Its an ENGINE not a MOTOR! Its a Torque converter not a STALL!!!!
10-11-2010, 04:15 PM
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I usually don't worry about the engine/motor thing. I say motor most of the time.
And old definition of motor/engine was... a motor was a unit that could use some form of fuel/electricity to produce power. An engine was a motor with all the things present to produce power.
That's why an electric motor is referred to as a motor. It needs electricity from an outside source to produce power.
But a locomotive is referred to as an engine because it has everything present to produce power.
It might be hard to find it defined that way now days, but that was the old school definition.
Personally I don't care if people say engine or motor. Doesn't bother me either way.
And old definition of motor/engine was... a motor was a unit that could use some form of fuel/electricity to produce power. An engine was a motor with all the things present to produce power.
That's why an electric motor is referred to as a motor. It needs electricity from an outside source to produce power.
But a locomotive is referred to as an engine because it has everything present to produce power.
It might be hard to find it defined that way now days, but that was the old school definition.
Personally I don't care if people say engine or motor. Doesn't bother me either way.
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10-11-2010, 04:32 PM
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why not just know what people are talking about? i mean i know i have no dizzy on my truck motor but my stall converter makes good power specially since i added my race chip in. if i ever change to tubo ill prolly run the biggest intercooler i possibly can 2. i think running naws is fine with me for now though. what do yall think bros? it should run hella good right? oh and are my rims too big?
did i get them all for ya??
did i get them all for ya??
10-11-2010, 04:38 PM
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why not just know what people are talking about? i mean i know i have no dizzy on my truck motor but my stall converter makes good power specially since i added my race chip in. if i ever change to tubo ill prolly run the biggest intercooler i possibly can 2. i think running naws is fine with me for now though. what do yall think bros? it should run hella good right? oh and are my rims too big?
did i get them all for ya??
did i get them all for ya??
10-11-2010, 04:46 PM
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well speaking of trains, those have diesel engines, which act as generators for electric motors and store charge in batteries for the electric motors. its like a subway line where the train gets its power from the tracks, but its self contained. also have regenerative braking, like on a hybrid car. bjones can explain further. 
The electric braking (called dynamic braking) uses dynamic braking grids to provide a load to the electric motors connected to the wheels. When in braking mode the electric motors connected to the wheels (called traction motors) (each one weighing about as much as a small automobile) are converted to generators and provide current to the braking grids which causes a load on traction motors which provides resistance to the wheels turning slowing the locomotive and train. This produces a lot of heat in the braking grids which are cooled by large cooling fans on top of the locomotive. Basically the energy produced by the braking force is pissed away as heat (once again no batteries to store energy).
I'm sure they'd like to use batteries to store the energy, but I don't think the technology is there yet to store that kind of power in batteries that would fit on a locomotive. Seems like I read somewhere that they are trying to do it. But the diesel electric locomotives you see here in the USA function as described above.
10-11-2010, 05:43 PM
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Get over it you **** retentive ********, jeez everyone knows what everyone means.
I see nothing wrong with call a torque converter a stall as it may not be the full terminology but it is the correcto terminology. Technically its a higher stall speed torque converter than factory. None of you lazy asses are going to type all that out I know Im not going to.
I see nothing wrong with call a torque converter a stall as it may not be the full terminology but it is the correcto terminology. Technically its a higher stall speed torque converter than factory. None of you lazy asses are going to type all that out I know Im not going to.
