Re: 170 HP 2006 Miata : fact or fallacy ?

XS11E <xs11eNO@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"BCRandy" <RMAHEUXR@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>news:XWlif.74080$xK1.63761@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
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>> At 27,000 miles, it still clunks going into 2nd.
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>My guess is that it's not going to change, why not get a CD of the 1812
>Overture and time your shifts to coincide with the cannon shots, then
>nobody will ever know it clunks?
>
>Don't laugh, this makes every bit as much sense as Leon's "photon drag"
>theory and it's more practical! ;-)

My explanation how photon linear momentum makes white Miatas faster than
other colors is scientifically sound.

However, so is the use of loud noises to make other noises less
observable. There was a post of someone years ago to mount a ship's
(or train's?) horn in the trunk of the Miata to deal with SUV drivers.
This would also provide a solution to the problem of masking shifting
sounds caused by compensating for too-slow-a-color cars by shifting too
fast.

Dr. Leon van Dommelen, Ph.D.
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