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Power to weight ratio
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Tue, 11 June 2002 23:29
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I know you can find this on Gran Turismo, and it is pretty useful..
I think the lower the p2w ratio, the better ? (correct if im wrong)
so what figures would you use ? power at the fly or wheels ??
So what would the calc. be for my car ?
approx (from the dyno graphs on the member pages)
160kw (flywhele)/ 1140kg = 0.140
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130kw (wheels)/ 1140kg = 0.114
Or am i just completely wrong ?? 
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Re: Power to weight ratio
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Wed, 12 June 2002 00:11
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Most of them work it out based on flywheel because that is how the manufacturers do it.
And the less KILOGRAMS per KILOWATT the better.
1140kg/160kW = 7.125kg/kW
BTW? Do you actually reckon your car weighs 1140kg? That sounds pretty light to me.
Your car has a similar weight/power ratio as a Mazda MX-5 SP.
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Re: Power to weight ratio
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Wed, 12 June 2002 07:12
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go to the value my car section of drive.com.au and pick out the car you are looking for. when its prcing comes up click on the model you are looking for. This will list all the features of the car. You can calculate power to weight (or weight to power) for any car listed on their database 
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Re: Power to weight ratio
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Wed, 12 June 2002 10:51
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Just in case you hadn't looked I'll tell ya 
S15 200SX Spec S - 8.6kg/kW
S14 200SX - should be around the same, was pretty much same weight with same power.
Check out that site...
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Re: Power to weight ratio
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Wed, 12 June 2002 13:39
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les ... the RA65 weighs 1140 from the factory... you might wanna add a bit for the 6cyl twin turbo tank you put in the front  (tho admittedly it's not *that* much heavier than the truck motor it came with)
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Re: Power to weight ratio
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Wed, 12 June 2002 15:34
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the 1G is heavier and longer, i remember this when researching a possible conversion
not much, but all that extra weight is in front of the front axle, so handling drops
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Re: Power to weight ratio
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Wed, 12 June 2002 22:59
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ahhh nice one Draven, I took that into consideration, but there was no way in hell i could calc the weight of the car now with the 1G..
But approx 1140 kgs will do fine for me !
Thanks a lot guys !
(what bout for a wrx..?)
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Re: Power to weight ratio
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Thu, 13 June 2002 00:18
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Current shape WRX? They weigh 1390kg so they are 8.7kg/kW.
MY00 Impreza, last of the old ones, was 1270kg...with the same 160kW. 7.9kg/kW These are the ones that can give you trouble, they can to do 6, high 5 0-100kph
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Re: Power to weight ratio
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Thu, 13 June 2002 02:19
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These are the ones that can give you trouble, they can to do 6, high 5 0-100kph
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barely.........
Ok just getting cocky now !! Havent actually had a race with one before head to head... should be interesting. Had a run with one, on a rolling start and he could not get around me on the straight !! 
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