Engine Load Percentage

[bustintheirazz]

On the Gryphon, one of the options is an Engine Load percentage. Im not sure if anyone has played with this at all, or viewed it as your driving, but I figured I would try it out. So, everything seems to be fairly accurate until you are fully accelerating. When I am at 100% acceleration, the guage is reading 78-80%. Does this mean I still have 20% power remaining in the engine that is not getting fully optimized? Or is 100% load not equal to 100% acceleration? Maybe an outside mind could resolve this for me?

[Jackpine]

On the Gryphon, one of the options is an Engine Load percentage. Im not sure if anyone has played with this at all, or viewed it as your driving, but I figured I would try it out. So, everything seems to be fairly accurate until you are fully accelerating. When I am at 100% acceleration, the guage is reading 78-80%. Does this mean I still have 20% power remaining in the engine that is not getting fully optimized? Or is 100% load not equal to 100% acceleration? Maybe an outside mind could resolve this for me?

I'm sure Bill can, not sure of anyone else's "outside mind". I imagine you are seeing the effect of a torque reduction strategy though. Possibly, to reduce strain on the transmission? But, I'm only guessing.

- Jack

[Rustler]

Mine on canned level 2 acts the same as you state, empty.

I saw 92 ~ 98 % once when I pulled out on the 2 lane 70 mph speed limit country road and smushed the go pedal to da floor loaded with 2 round bales + 500 lbs of alfalfa cubes on the trailer and 500 lbs of corn in the bed.

IIRC 1st & 2nd were around 80 %, 3rd TC locked was 94 ~ 99%, OD was around 75% max, any more pressure on the go pedal caused a downshift.

I did have my trans shift firmness set higher wot shift points higher and some other things adjusted through the custom options menu.

[88Racing]

Like Jack stated before about the torque reduction stratedgy is probably a good reasonable assumption.
The other thing I will add is that with an automatic tranny with the fluid and clutches makes it harder to get a true read out or estimate.
A truer more accurate one could be done with a manual tranny.

Lars

[Power Hungry]

You may want to read this document. It explains why "full throttle" isn't always 100% Load.

http://dygytalworld.ehost-services139.com/php/Downloads/load_calculation.pdf (http://dygytalworld.ehost-services139.com/forums/../php/Downloads/load_calculation.pdf)

Take care.