Re: [DML] Horsepower

[Soma576@xxxx]

In a message dated 5/26/02 5:29:50 PM Central Daylight Time, 
webmaster@xxxx writes:


> Found this through Google:
> 
> http://vintagecars.about.com/library/weekly/aa041198.htm
> 
> SO, if my 30 second scan of this article is correct, the DeLorean's 130 SAE 
> HP is a more
> "fair, at the wheels" figure, and the BHP figure for the engine may be 
> considerably
> higher.... or maybe the term BHP is just misused these days to mean SAE HP.
> 
> Martin
> #1458

Martin, 

i read this article and would agree with what you said. but how come if you 
dyno a stock DeLorean you only get about 100 hp at the wheels? by this 
article we should be measuring 130 hp at the wheels if it really is SAE NET. 
i have never used a dyno nor even seen one but this is what i heard from 
owners who have tested theirs. pretty confusing, huh?

Andy

Soma576@xxxx
1982 DeLorean DMC-12 VIN#11596
Fargo, ND 58102


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