|
|
  
 
Subject:
Re: H.P. to car weight ratios ??
From: "Corvette Doctor" <corvette_NOSPAMdoc(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: H.P. to car weight ratios ??
Lines: 41
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 03:45:47 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.41.142.214
________________________________________________
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 ??
Lines: 15
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 00:05:52 -0400
NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.83.193.26
________________________________________________
"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?
From: "Les Benn" <lesbenn(at)starband.net>
Subject: Re: H.P. to car weight ratios ??
Lines: 47
NNTP-Posting-Host: 148.64.36.121
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 15:35:04 GMT
________________________________________________
That equation assumes the same Coefficient of drag and the same friction
rates for moving parts. The stated equations is an approximation.
"Corvette Doctor" <corvette_NOSPAMdoc(at)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:LRx6b.7329$_26.2603(at)newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> 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`.
> > ___________________________________________
> >
>
NEXT POSTS:
| | |
