A human will never run as fast as an ant or be as strong relative to their respective bodyweights. I don't know why this is -if anyone knows I'd love to hear the explanation...

This is one factor which made me think smaller engines were to a point more desirable. A smaller car should, other things being equal, handle better and give the driver more 'feel', but there are limits.

 

Also, a larger object has a larger volume relative to it's surface area. This , I thought, would make cooling more of a problem in a larger engine, but as long as the engine doesn't get too hot, this should not make much difference, and as duffer has said, a larger engine has more displacement relative to the mass of engine components, ie. a V8 has one crank but 8 cylinders, a 4-cylinder has a crank also but only 4 cylds.

And having a brain and engaging it occasionally before asking stupid questions yet again, might come in handy.

 

Then again that would be too much like thinking.

 

Captain Caveman strikes again.

 

Wendy

If you has 6 legs you could mate

 

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KEEP IT SIDEWAYS!

two questions

A: what type of ant

B: dont know about you but i just raced one a minute ago and ****ed it up lmao

i had him by 100ant lenghts in the first 2 seconds.

 

Has anyone seen me club ?!

 

UGG ! UURRGGGHHH !!!!!!

I had better not agree with either of you ever again as I may be accused of performing oral pleasures on you, by some adolescent PLANK.

 

Wendy

Originally posted by 300z:

two questions

A: what type of ant

B: dont know about you but i just raced one a minute ago and ****ed it up lmao

i had him by 100ant lenghts in the first 2 seconds.

 

 

I tried to race one, but I trod on it !!

Originally posted by Nelson MainFella:

I tried to race one, but I trod on it !!

 

thats cause your in an auto

 

Originally posted by dunk300zxtt:

I dream of performing oral pleasures on you,

 

Wendy

 

Steady on luv !! What kind of guy do you think I am ?!!

Yes because he does not know when to stop.

 

He was made that way.

 

Wendy

The only pleasure I could honestly ever give you would be to pull your batteries permanantly, so as to disengage your feeble little brain, being as you cannot read other replies properly.

 

If they ever need a volunteer for euthansia I'll put your name down....

 

After all we destroy dangerous dogs or put them on a list, I am sure I can here some papers being shuffled for the new list.

 

I am sure you would feature highly on any advertising. Destroy it before it destoys us.

 

Wendy

 

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You make two short planks glued together with stupid glue look like a Pentium 4!!! With your daft questions....have some costructive questions please.

 

Wendy

Erm, is it such a stupid question??? Relatively, I'm sure an ant is far faster than a human. If you multiply the speed an ant can run by its body size relative to a human then I'm sure the ant will be faster. Hands up those who think they can jump high? Hmm I'm sure there are insects out there that can jump higher RELATIVELY. Just as an example, a cat can jump about 15 times higher than it is tall - can any of you lot jump 80 ft high??? Nope didn't think so

 

I recon the ant must have a far higher power to weight ratio than a human - after all the human body is a compromise. Can an ant run its own business? Can it design a car? heheh silly examples but everything is designed around its use.

 

So now who thinks its a silly question???

 

If anyone is up for a fight today go for it - I'm in a fool mood

 

CheerZ,

 

Andy

Originally posted by andyduff:

I'm in a fool mood

 

that figures

Doh!!!! LOL

 

OK Craig you've had it - it was supposed to say FOUL MOOD LOL Saying that though fooling will cheer me up a bit so.....

 

CheerZ,

 

Andy

Originally posted by andyduff:

Erm, is it such a stupid question??? Relatively, I'm sure an ant is far faster than a human. If you multiply the speed an ant can run by its body size relative to a human then I'm sure the ant will be faster. Hands up those who think they can jump high? Hmm I'm sure there are insects out there that can jump higher RELATIVELY. Just as an example, a cat can jump about 15 times higher than it is tall - can any of you lot jump 80 ft high??? Nope didn't think so

 

I recon the ant must have a far higher power to weight ratio than a human - after all the human body is a compromise. Can an ant run its own business? Can it design a car? heheh silly examples but everything is designed around its use.

 

So now who thinks its a silly question???

 

If anyone is up for a fight today go for it - I'm in a fool mood

 

CheerZ,

 

Andy

you have just compleetly undone all the hard work you have put in on the tech forum FFKS duff what a load of crap lmao

 

 

It can only run relatively faster if you're applying your relativity to the animal alone. If however you apply it to the environment in which it sits then it is no faster.

 

i.e. if an ant is 1000 time smaller than a human and you imagine that the ant is therefore 1000 times bigger but running over the same distance as a human then you have only increased one aspect. If you also increase the environment in which it is running by 1000 then it's speed remains the same.

 

Notwithstanding this, I still think that there's been an awful lot of utter cr@p been spoken on here recently but it helps to pass the day.

BUT ants live in the same world as we do so... If we were the same size as ants, we would be slower....

 

CheerZ,

 

Andy

does that mean smaller cars are relativley faster than large ones???

 

my old mini must have been good for at least 175mph relativley speaking!!!!

 

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I feel the need, the need for speed!

 

Originally posted by Hairsy:

It can only run relatively faster if you're applying your relativity to the animal alone. If however you apply it to the environment in which it sits then it is no faster.

 

i.e. if an ant is 1000 time smaller than a human and you imagine that the ant is therefore 1000 times bigger but running over the same distance as a human then you have only increased one aspect. If you also increase the environment in which it is running by 1000 then it's speed remains the same.

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OK Dave Hairyarse, how does that work ?!!! How does one "increase the environment" ?!

 

 

Originally posted by Paul C:

does that mean smaller cars are relativley faster than large ones???

 

my old mini must have been good for at least 175mph relativley speaking!!!!

 

Thats a very good point, so if a nissan 200sx motor is better than a 300zx motor , well **** it im buying a Micra engine today

Duff stop talking shit , you havent even seen a real ant anyways, besides Speedholes and ants go hand in hand

 

Originally posted by Nelson MainFella:

OK Dave Hairyarse, how does that work ?!!! How does one "increase the environment" ?!

 

 

Nelson, your question is a good one and it's looking as though there's a real danger of the light dawning ...

 

Increasing the environment is done the same way as increasing the ant. Unfortunately, mankind is yet to discover a way to do this. Until we do, I regret, this whole conversation is utter bollox !

 

wot??? as opposed to this conversation being anything else other than utter bollox?!?!? LMAO

 

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I feel the need, the need for speed!

 

Originally posted by Paul C:

wot??? as opposed to this conversation being anything else other than utter bollox?!?!? LMAO

 

 

I'm sorry we're not talking about each other's oil leaks, dump valves or beer, but some of like to think in more, abstract, scientific, interesting ways. ;-)

 

 

Just to add to the bollox, I don't think this is really just down to the ants. It's more to do with the fact that us humans are pathetically weak and slow. Lets face it, you could put the strongest bloke on Earth (Roy?) up against ANY equivalent sized animal, and the animal would tear him to bits! In fact, the vast majority of people on the planet would be killed by anything larger than a goat! As for a 6 foot ant, well that could probably bite through a scaffold pole!

 

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Not wholly true. A large dog is pretty vicious, but not as dextrous? as a human. If you can get hold of it's front legs and pull them apart, you will kill it. Also a bloody good kick in it's head would probably do a lot of damage ! The bite strength of a human is also amazing and a lot more than you would expect !