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1. BHP ? (score: 1): Author: "Terry L. Thompson" <tlt@digex.net>; Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 10:33:14 -0400; I see listings for horsepower on triumph models with the notation "bhp". (e.g. a 1500 federal model has 57 bhp, and a GT6 federal model has ~106 bhp.) Can I assume that is "brake horse power"? (as in; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00978.html (7,865 bytes)
2. Re: BHP ? (score: 1): Author: nikolai jaremka <njaremka@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 07:58:44 -0700 (PDT); by all means, modify the engine you have. you will have no problems with it fitting easy, and if you do it 'right', you will have no problems with reliability. buy yourself a competition preperation; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00980.html (9,258 bytes)
3. Re: BHP ? (score: 1): Author: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine); Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 08:24:45 -0700; Yes. When the engine on my car was being rebuilt, the PO had the intention of racing it-so....it was tweaked. Remember-F1 engines used to be 1500-it's not the size-it's the skill of the mechanic! Th; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00982.html (9,097 bytes)
4. RE: BHP ? (score: 1): Author: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>; Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 10:36:31 -0500; Ok, I believe... I have a question. A stock MKIV Head shaved .020 Valve job new rings, bearings Long Flow header Balanced Crank and Pistons Stock Strom. HP ??? Yes. When the engine on my car was bein; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00984.html (9,508 bytes)
5. Re: BHP ? (score: 1): Author: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine); Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 08:43:33 -0700; Get rid of the Strom-it's slowin' you down, man! (besides-they're such a pain!) Really, my other spittys had the stock strom-I hated those!@#$ things! The Weber is so much easier to live with! LG and; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00986.html (10,764 bytes)
6. Re: BHP ? (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 08:59:18 -0700; The answer is:, "Put the car on a Dynamometer and have it tested." That is the only way to truly know the horsepower that is being generated. Anything else is supposition. And while it makes us feel; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00988.html (10,721 bytes)
7. Re: BHP ? (score: 1): Author: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine); Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 09:12:01 -0700; Actually, it's been explained to me-a dynamometer isn't really acurate-it depends on the person operating it, and on the machine itself. (Depending on these factors-you can get different readings on; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00989.html (11,970 bytes)
8. Re: BHP ? (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 09:21:04 -0700; Laura, it sounds like that person was trying to convince you NOT to have your car dyno tested! Joe -- "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort." -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00990.html (12,914 bytes)
9. Re: BHP ? (score: 1): Author: "Edward Hamilton" <hamilton@ptd.net>; Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 12:34:42 -0400; Then it's save to assume that Dave's horsepower rating is equally suspect? Ed Hamilton -- Original Message -- From: Laura Gharazeddine <Laura.G@141.com> To: <spitlist@gte.net>; Craig Smith <CraigS@ie; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00992.html (13,178 bytes)
10. Re: BHP ? (score: 1): Author: "Peter S." <alfapete@pacbell.net>; Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 09:57:29 -0700; The dyno itself it quite accurate. It only depends on the person operating when it comes to tuning improvements. A good dyno guy can squeeze out sometimes a surprising amount of power just with timin; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00994.html (13,398 bytes)
11. Re: BHP ? (score: 1): Author: "Peter S." <alfapete@pacbell.net>; Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 10:07:19 -0700; But unlike you're arrangement, most of us have to pass some sort of Smog test - which wouldn't pass with a Weber. PS intention used they and and and foreign; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00996.html (12,003 bytes)
12. Re: BHP ? (score: 1): Author: "wizardz" <wizardz@maxinter.net>; Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 13:26:33 -0400; It all depends on how it's been jetted. Mine was re-jetted...way back when...for more power, air correctors and mains were both changed. (what the numbers are off hand..i don't remember) simply leani; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg01001.html (12,848 bytes)
13. RE: BHP ? (score: 1): Author: nikolai jaremka <njaremka@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 10:55:59 -0700 (PDT); ok, if you really want to know what power you spit has coming from the wheels, go to: http://www.gtechpro.com/ i don't have one, but it looks like a cool toy. i've heard they are almost more reliable; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg01009.html (11,195 bytes)
14. RE: BHP ? (score: 1): Author: "Simmons, Reid W" <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>; Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 16:29:10 -0700; Yeah, and I replaced my Weber with a ZS because we have serious emissions testing here in Oregon, and with the Weber my Spit had a hard time passing a gas station without wanting to stop in and fill; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg01024.html (12,320 bytes)
15. Re: BHP ? (score: 1): Author: "Michael Altomare" <MTAltomare@prodigy.net>; Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 21:21:08 -0400; I don't necessarily agree about not passing the smog test with a Weber. I rebuilt my 1500 using a standard cam (the hi-lift cam made the engine too "lumpy" at idle), dual valve springs, high compress; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg01028.html (13,715 bytes)
16. Re: BHP ? (score: 1): Author: "Peter S." <alfapete@pacbell.net>; Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 18:32:19 -0700; The issue here is more about what equipment is allowed/required than if it will pass the sniffer machine test. Dumb, but thats the way it is in Calif. Do you still have an EGR valve? Its required as; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg01031.html (15,096 bytes)
17. Re: BHP ? (score: 1): Author: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine); Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 20:37:46 -0700; Yeah, my Weber is a DCOE... Laura G. and Nigel -- Original Message -- From: Michael Altomare <MTAltomare@Prodigy.net> To: Peter S. <alfapete@pacbell.net>; Laura Gharazeddine <Laura.G@141.com>; Craig; /html/spitfires/1999-07/msg01035.html (14,768 bytes)

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