[DMCForum] Re: Martin's HP

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At how many RPM's?

If that little French wonder car is so powerful, Freightliner had
better be quivering in their boots.

Uneducated layperson is going to look at your post and assume the
Venturi is more powerful than a transfer tracter producing "only" 400
HP. Yet it does so in the 1500 RPM range -- more than enough to move
80,000 lbs of over the road freight. Can your wonder car do that?

High rev'ing HP is chump change against bottom end HP.

Ready for that tractor pull yet?

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <martin@xxxx> wrote:
> ...oh, and the Venturi uses the UN1 gearbox too.
> 
> M
> 
> Martin Gutkowski wrote:
> 
> > There you go again *sigh*.
> >
> > What you mean is that an engine that produces 200hp at 2000rpm is 
> > doing it by putting out a hell of a lot more torque (50% more in
fact) 
> > than a 300hp engine that produces 300hp at 4000rpm But what engine 
> > that produces 200hp at 2000rpm isn't capable of more at higher HP?
> >
> > At the end of the day, it's all about energy transfer. To go faster, 
> > you need to transfer kinetic energy. Horsepower is a measure of how 
> > quickly you can transfer a given amount of energy - therefore, higher 
> > HP *measured at the wheels*  = better accelleration.
> >
> > Bill, look up the "Venturi" - French supercar using a 3 litre 
> > twin-turbo PRV with 24 valve heads. Nearly 500hp
> >
> > Martin

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