Trevor:
You are probabley right, but, thats not what they are doing. I saw the Dyno
runs on paper, and they are quoting SAE HP.
Skip............At 04:10 PM 7/8/97 -0400, Trevor Boicey wrote:
>Skip Kelsey wrote:
>> A lot of people are in the dark as to the actual horsepower that a B engine
>> puts out. THe Factory advertises 95 HP. This is not true. It actually puts
>> out about 79 HP. There is a difference between BHP & SAE HP. Now adays it
>> is figured differently.
>
> Agreed, but worth noting that you have to compare apples to
>apples. If comparing a modern car to an old LBC, you have to
>convert readings, but when comparing old LBCs to other old LBCs,
>you have to keep consistent and use bhp.
>
>--
>Trevor Boicey
>Ottawa, Canada
>tboicey@brit.ca
>http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
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