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Re: engine bay and intake temperatures... Sat, 27 December 2003 10:25 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
just a quote i pulled regarding hp 'loss' with increasing drag. thus giving a basis for real rwhp, and g-tech'd rwhp...

"A modern car (drag coefficient 0.34) with a 110 kW (150 HP) engine will be using about 4.6 kW (6 HP) of power to overcome air drag and 11 kW (14 HP) for mechanical propulsion (rolling resistance etc.) when it is being driven at a constant 80 km/h (22.2 m/s, 49 mph). When driving at its top speed of 210 km/h (58 m/s, 128 mph) it will be using 82 kW (112 HP) to overcome drag and the remaining 28 kW (38 HP) to overcome rolling resistance etc."

i do my g-tech power run right through to redline in 3rd (about 156kmh). if one assumes that the peak rwhp is infact recroded in 3rd gear around redline, (which is close to double the 80kmh speed quoted above), squaring the drag losses to yield 36hp could be a reasonable estimate. hmmm...

bring on dyno day! im sick of maths!

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Read Message   engine bay and intake temperatures... ed_ma61Fri, 26 December 2003 13:10
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