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Originally Posted by Jeff P
I can buy a 2019 Ford F150 4x4 pickup truck that has an 8 foot bed, a curb weight of 5016 lbs, a high output Eco Boost V6 engine that generates 450 horsepower, and a drive train that delivers 510 foot-pounds of torque at the rear wheels.
If were to buy that truck and do custom work on it to get the curb weight down 3% to 4866 lbs:
The engine would still generate the same 450 horsepower, the drive train would still deliver the same 510 foot-pounds of torque at the rear wheels and THE TRUCK WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCELERATE FASTER BECAUSE IT IS LIGHTER.
From a physics standpoint, if you can reduce the weight of a horse by 3% (whether through Lasix or some other means) while keeping its engine and drive train (muscle mass and energy reserves) the same:
Just like the truck, the horse will be able to accelerate faster because it is lighter.
If you think this is tin foil hat stuff I really don't know what to say.
-jp
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you just made the perfect analogy. Your example of the motor putting out identical horsepower is the constant in your study. You can adjust weight and whatever else aside from anything that alters hp and increase your performance. It’s not that way with horses because there is no constant involved. Things change with horses on a near hourly basis. If what you guys claim was true a third grader could make a living off gambling on horses. But I’ll tell you this as a mechanic for many many years given your exact analogy your not gonna make a significant enough performance gain in the quarter mile to hardly recognize it. Hp and weight is only two factors involved in a wide array of things that are involved in laying down good times.
