Larry,
Damn nice formula, did we all tell you how valuable you are to this list. I
really appreciate your wealth of knowledge to the list, and I cant wait
until I see your project out on the salt.
Jonathan Amo
www.landracing.com
DrMayf@aol.com wrote:
> John, this is my simple way of determining HP given another hp:
>
> HP2 = HP1 (new speed^3/old speed^3)
>
> where HP2 is the new horsepower desired
> HP1 is the old horsepower needed to run at a given speed
>
> in this case HP2 = HP1 (211*211*211/200*200*200) = HP1 (1.17424)
>
> or it will take about 17.4% more horsepower.
>
> Remember HP is a function of the cube of speed.
>
> mayf
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