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Extremely Hard Disney Trivia
- Thread starter juan
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Yes that is correct, Sam McKim designed a test track ride for Ford for the 1964 NY World's Fair
the character Bill McKim in Test Track's preshow is named for this
Ok Next one:
the torque of the Tower of Terror elevator motor is equal to how many engines of a sportscar?
RU42
New Member
Bagheera did mention Sam's name so I will share credit with him. 
Anyway...the ToT.
I read on one site the ToT produces 110,000 ft/lbs of torque. The camaro race cars produces approx 75 ft/lbs and the GT-One is 67. Other race cars are lower. So - depends on the car chosen.
If I went with the Camaro then it would be 110,000/75 or approx. 1466 race cars. If you took one of the lower torque racers you would get 40 ft/lbs or about 2750 to equal the ToT.
How close is this to the number you are looking for?
RU
Anyway...the ToT.
I read on one site the ToT produces 110,000 ft/lbs of torque. The camaro race cars produces approx 75 ft/lbs and the GT-One is 67. Other race cars are lower. So - depends on the car chosen.
If I went with the Camaro then it would be 110,000/75 or approx. 1466 race cars. If you took one of the lower torque racers you would get 40 ft/lbs or about 2750 to equal the ToT.
How close is this to the number you are looking for?
RU
chernabog_ca
Member
RU42 where did you get those torque figures from for the cars? I'm just curious because them seem really low.
A 2002 (last model year) base V6 street Camaro has a torque of 225lb-ft. @ 4000RPM. The Z28 has 340lb-ft. @ 4000RPM. The SS has 345lb-ft. @ 4400RPM.
Even a Toyota Echo produces 105lb-ft.
If we're talking race cars, a Winston Cup car (Chevy Monte Carlo) produces 520 ft. lbs. @ 6200 RPM.
A 2002 (last model year) base V6 street Camaro has a torque of 225lb-ft. @ 4000RPM. The Z28 has 340lb-ft. @ 4000RPM. The SS has 345lb-ft. @ 4400RPM.
Even a Toyota Echo produces 105lb-ft.
If we're talking race cars, a Winston Cup car (Chevy Monte Carlo) produces 520 ft. lbs. @ 6200 RPM.
RU42
New Member
Those numbers seemed low to me too, but it came off a car racing site. (I am not a mechanic so I just went with what I read.)
The info on ToT is:
http://www.tower-of-terror.com/designnews.html
so - if we took Chernabog's numbers, which I am sure are better then mine, and used 300as a nice round number, then we get:
110,000/300 or 366 sports cars.
RU
The info on ToT is:
http://www.tower-of-terror.com/designnews.html
so - if we took Chernabog's numbers, which I am sure are better then mine, and used 300as a nice round number, then we get:
110,000/300 or 366 sports cars.
RU
