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Re: HP, sort of.(non-Tiger)

To: Bob Palmer <rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu>
Subject: Re: HP, sort of.(non-Tiger)
From: James Barrett <jamesbrt@mindspring.com>
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 18:12:37 -0400
At 04:32 PM 5/10/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Jim,
>
>Now this is really hilarious. Didn't realize you had such a fine honed
>sense of humor Jim. Pardon me while I climb back into my chair. Now then,
>I'm sure we all believe that, at least compared with the Tiger II 351C,
>your rental car was a slug (English unit of mass by the way) Also, btw, the
>conversion factor from kilograms to pounds is 2.205, not 2.52, but anyway
>still not enough HP or KWhrs to light a dim bulb. Maybe Ford pulled a fast
>one on Hertz??
>
>Still chuckling in S.D.
>
>Bob
        Sorry, had a rough day, thinking cm to inches or was that
mm to fortnights?
You are correct, therefore the HP would max at 39X 2.205= 86.
Still a slug!
James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others



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