Re: [DML] Re: DMCH Performance Engine
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Re: [DML] Re: DMCH Performance Engine




Hi Rick,

Don¹t forget that the engine was built and tested here in the UK and we
still use BHP to measure our engine performance.

Dan


On 8/4/05 6:58 pm, "twinenginedmc12" <twinenginedmc12@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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> I'm sure the DMCH performance engine is a fine engine, but it should be
> noted that the power specification they publish does not accurately
> compare to the stock specification.
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> The OEM stock engine was rated 130 hp "NET", by law, which means the
> reading is taken with all accessories like water pump, alternator, air
> conditioning, intake, exhaust, etc, connected.
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> The DMCH performance engine is rated 197 hp "BRAKE", meaning the
> reading is taken with no accessories connected.  There doesn't even
> have to be coolant in the passages.  In the nineteen seventies, the
> Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) abandoned specifying brake
> horsepower (BHP), because it does not accurately reflect the power
> available to move the car.
> 
> Unless Delorean in Houston starts specifying their performance engine
> in NET horsepower, it's not possible to intelligently compare the two
> engines.  I consider DMCH specifying their horsepower in BHP either
> misguided, or somewhat deceptive, depending on their motives, in that
> it leads people to believe the performance engine is more powerful than
> it is.  This is precisely why the SAE stopped specifying power this way.
> 
> 
> Rick Gendreau 11472
> twin engine Delorean, 560 brake horsepower, 450 net horsepower, Gosh,
> what a fun car.
> 
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> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Warren Wallingford" <warren@xxxx>
> wrote:
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>> > There was a thread last month on the DML, warm and wide, about PRV
> performance and secrecy. Herewith, DMCH wishes to set its part of the
> record straight.
>> > 
>> > We set about the Performance Engine Project in a straightforward
> manner....
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