Re: Rear Wheel Horsepower

From: Aaron (acolona@i-55.com)
Date: Fri Jun 25 1999 - 01:12:21 EDT


the manual and automatic pull different amounts though, correct? The manual
tranny is supposed to allow more horsepower to the real wheels through less
friction or something.

----- Original Message -----
From: James Harmon <jdharmon@earthlink.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Rear Wheel Horsepower

> To answer a query about rear wheel hp and flywheel hp, you loose about 40%
due to
> the drive train. factor that out from the 245 hp for the 360 engine and
that
> gives you around 166 hp (with 68% efficiency). The stock 318 runs only
around 153
> hp at the rear wheels. This is the reality and not the DC hype. That is
why some
> people are not too impressed with a 225 +17 hp at the rear wheels for my
truck.
> That is until they realize what it really means - 355 hp at the flywheel.
And
> that is without a supercharger. Our eventual goal is to get around 270 hp
at the
> rear wheels or almost 400 hp at the flywheel.
> Jim
>
> Bernd D. Ratsch wrote:
>
> > I was mainly giving a average example. I personally don't know what the
> > rearwheel HP is of an R/T...but it should be above 200 IMHO.
> >
> > At 03:15 PM 06/24/1999 -0400, you wrote:
> > > Bernd wrote "Doesn't that sound a little bit low for the HP
gains??
> > >The average gains from the Paxton's are 40%. Now take a (low powered)
engine
> > >at 200HP and
> > >that gives you an 80HP boost. (The R/T's should be well above 200HP.)
"
> > >
> > > Bernd, are you talking, at the rear wheels ? 200 hp..
> > > Ted O.
>
>
>
>



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