This is a fallow up question from the students that are building the high mileage car. In a coast and burn situation where the engine is on for 3 second and off for 45 seconds while reaching 6000 RPM, is a steel pinion nessessary? Because of the short amount of run time, low temperatures, and...
We are working on a high mileage car with a 1HP engine. Yes, a 1HP engine. We are thinking about cutting a large diameter plastic gear on our CNC that will be driven by our small engine. We have some ideas that we like about this. Our question is, are simple spur gears as efficient as a...