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Subject:
Re: H.P. to car weight ratios ??
From: Bob Irelan <birelan(at)chaterNOSPAM.net>
Subject: Re: H.P. to car weight ratios ??
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2003 22:45:20 -0500
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2200 divided by 3200 times 500
dave wrote:
> Is there any information available , or , rule of thumb....for
> determining the equivalent h.p. for various car weights ?? For instance
> : If a 3200 lb car has 500 rwhp , what rwhp would a 2200 lb car need to
> be equivalent in power ? (Obviously less, because of its lower weight ;
> but is there a way to determine it ?).
>
> My question arises from what i witnessed tonight on a highway as i was
> driving my SUV. Up about 200 yards, a small foreign car (possibly a
> Honda) did a u-turn onto my side of the highway. As he got straightened
> in his lane, he nailed it , and this thing took off incredibly fast and
> sounded like a very loud Vaccuum Cleaner (for lack of a better
> analogy...:) ; when he shifted from 1st into 2nd , he layed rubber for
> about 6 feet which i could see & hear , then went up the highway so fast
> that i lost track of him. I was thinking that this guy could have kept
> up with my built big block Vette . Could be he was on the bottle . But,
> ive never seen an import move with such power.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> ___________________________________________
> `If it doesnt go , rump-ity, rump-ity, rump....there is something
> definetly wrong with your motor`.
> ___________________________________________
>
From: "Corvette Doctor" <corvette_NOSPAMdoc(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: H.P. to car weight ratios ??
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Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 03:45:47 GMT
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Simple ratio (fractions from 5th grade).
500 / 3200 = x / 2200
Using algebra (how you hated that),
2200 * (500 / 3200 ) = x
Rather simple, eh?
"dave" <Fast1970Vette(at)webtv.net> wrote in message
news:16238-3F5A9D1A-177(at)storefull-2194.public.lawson.webtv.net...
> Is there any information available , or , rule of thumb....for
> determining the equivalent h.p. for various car weights ?? For instance
> : If a 3200 lb car has 500 rwhp , what rwhp would a 2200 lb car need to
> be equivalent in power ? (Obviously less, because of its lower weight ;
> but is there a way to determine it ?).
>
> My question arises from what i witnessed tonight on a highway as i was
> driving my SUV. Up about 200 yards, a small foreign car (possibly a
> Honda) did a u-turn onto my side of the highway. As he got straightened
> in his lane, he nailed it , and this thing took off incredibly fast and
> sounded like a very loud Vaccuum Cleaner (for lack of a better
> analogy...:) ; when he shifted from 1st into 2nd , he layed rubber for
> about 6 feet which i could see & hear , then went up the highway so fast
> that i lost track of him. I was thinking that this guy could have kept
> up with my built big block Vette . Could be he was on the bottle . But,
> ive never seen an import move with such power.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> ___________________________________________
> `If it doesnt go , rump-ity, rump-ity, rump....there is something
> definetly wrong with your motor`.
> ___________________________________________
>
From: <Hobbes(at)CalvinBall.com>
Subject: Re: H.P. to car weight ratios ??
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Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 00:05:52 -0400
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"dave" <Fast1970Vette(at)webtv.net> wrote in message
> My question arises from what i witnessed tonight on a highway as i was
> driving my SUV. Up about 200 yards, a small foreign car (possibly a
> Honda) did a u-turn onto my side of the highway. As he got straightened
> in his lane, he nailed it , and this thing took off incredibly fast and
> sounded like a very loud Vaccuum Cleaner (for lack of a better
> analogy...:) ; when he shifted from 1st into 2nd , he layed rubber for
> about 6 feet which i could see & hear , then went up the highway so fast
> that i lost track of him. I was thinking that this guy could have kept
> up with my built big block Vette . Could be he was on the bottle . But,
> ive never seen an import move with such power.
Was Vin Diesel driving it?
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