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On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:51:54 GMT, "Elle"
> wrote: >"Leon" > wrote >snip >> Elle is right, horsepower is the only unit that makes sense to use. >> For example, the typical civic needs 70HP to do 100mph and 90HP to do >> 110mph. Try to use torque to describe the same and write half a page >> of meaningless equations. > >Hey, where'd you get the numbers? I'm not disputing them; I'm just curious. > >I remember researching the horsepower for cruising (ya know, normal speeds), >and I think it was around 20 to 30 hp. But as big an issue is how well a car >accelerates. That's when the horsepower becomes an important metric and >crude measure of how well a car will accelerate. > >Torque and RPM certainly both have their place in discussions of what one >wants an engine to do, but I'd never dismiss hp the way Joseph chooses to >do. For now, anyway. > http://www.pumaracing.co.uk/topspeed.htm Extremely accurate calculations, I've verified them against various FWD cars. -- Leon |
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