- 1. HP conversion (score: 1)
- Author: Opntop@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 21:14:39 -0500
- Thanks to all who responded to my request on HP conversion. My friend says he is using 98 octane gas (in Belgium) plus a lead substitute. The maximum boost was .5kg/cm3 which is equal to 7.1psi. Sal
- /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00064.html (6,200 bytes)
- 2. HP conversion (score: 1)
- Author: Opntop@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 22:27:57 EST
- A friend of mine in Belgium has a supercharger setup in his otherwise stock TR6 which he had tested on a dyno. The reading taken at the wheels is 135 KW in 3rd gear at 5500 RPM's. He tells me to mult
- /html/6pack/2003-12/msg00366.html (6,656 bytes)
- 3. Re: HP conversion (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Dito" <dito9561@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 22:43:50 -0500
- Sounds about right. Conversely, to convert horsepower to KW multiply HP by Greg Dito CD6250L He tells me to multiply that figure by 1.34 to
- /html/6pack/2003-12/msg00369.html (6,722 bytes)
- 4. Re: HP conversion (score: 1)
- Author: "Kai M. Radicke" <kai@radiohead.net>
- Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 23:37:53 -0500
- Yes, or more exactly, a bit over 181HP. However, your friend's TR6 horsepower rating is likely faulty, as chassis dyno readings should never be taken in 3rd gear. The rating should be taken in 4th g
- /html/6pack/2003-12/msg00372.html (7,322 bytes)
- 5. RE: HP conversion (score: 1)
- Author: "Navarrette, Vance" <vance.navarrette@intel.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 10:04:18 -0800
- From memory, 750 watts (0.750kW) = 1HP. So to get the correction factor, 1/0.750 kW = 1.33. I presume the difference is that my memory is slightly off on the watts. I recall that 750 watts was not a
- /html/6pack/2003-12/msg00376.html (7,472 bytes)
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