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192hp is at the crank.. more (archive)
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Posted by Jack on April 07, 2001 at 21:30:51:

In Reply to: Re: Actually... posted by mark on April 07, 2001 at 19:59:28:

Crank horsepower does not take into account the mechanical loss of power as it works its way to the wheels. It is difficult to measure HP at the crank, and actually nice to see how much you are actually putting down to the rear wheels. Usually the 15% rule is pretty accurate in converting b/w the two.

Hence 192@crank * 0.85 = 163.2@wheels

-Jack


why is it that its advertised as 192hp yet a different result on the wheels?




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