1300 hp mercury comet brake failure crash

Killer6 said
Hmmm, by Your "logic" then, when My 'rolla engine & this supercharged BBC are both set to 2200rpm in identical cars of equal weight & dropped into gear they will simultaneously accelerate at identical rates & achieve 45mph at exactly the same time. Good luck with that.

Hmm. Good point.
You're right it would depend on the shape of the torque curve of each motor below 2200 rpm at the throttle position needed to achieve 2200 rpm at idle.
Help me figure this out. So what kind of hp or tq numbers do you think we are looking at for this Comet to achieve the cruising speed they were at?
I ask because that would be the maximum amount of power output during the perod of time prior to the accident. I'm trying to imagine the shape of the power curve that this 1300 Hp motor would have if you loaded it on a dyno and I pulled it backwards. Like it would have been loaded with properly working brakes. So on the dyno you would load the engine to the amount of torque it takes the engine to maintain the speed the car is traveling at the rpm the engine is running and fix the throttle at that position. Then load the engine pulling the rpms down with the dyno brake like you would with cars brakes had they been working properly. And record the torque curve.
In my head the peak torque on this curve will be at the highest Rpm or the rpm we start the pull (down) at. I don't think it would make more torque at the lower rpms considering it is a 1300 hp motor and peak torque at wide open throttle is likely to occur at a much higher RPM.
I looked on my mustang chassis dyno and they have a spec for the amount of power a 1973 ( that's the oldest model I have specs for) mercury comet uses to maintain 50 mph for their vehicle simulation mode. Hp @ 50 is 13.5 Hp. For comparison a 1973 marquis is 20.7 HP.
I think "1300 hp car involved in accident " makes f a sensational headline. I also think it is misleading to characterize the 1300 hp as being a significant factor in this accident. If our goal is public relations with the general public we all should stop repeating falsely ( in my opinion ) that 1300 hp is what contributed to this accident. More accurately it was 13.5 hp give or take a little. Feel free to dispute my numbers or methods. I'm willing to learn from others. Thank you Killer6.