Re: Rear Wheel Horsepower

From: Todd Flummer (mustang@netunlimited.net)
Date: Sat Jun 26 1999 - 12:20:53 EDT


Auto and I must add gibson catback to the other mod done.

Todd

-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron <acolona@i-55.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Friday, June 25, 1999 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Rear Wheel Horsepower

>manual or auto?
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Todd Flummer <mustang@netunlimited.net>
>To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Sent: Friday, June 25, 1999 9:12 AM
>Subject: Re: DML: Rear Wheel Horsepower
>
>
>> Well if that is true, I must have gotten a 360 with a cam from the
>factory.
>> Because my 318 dynoed at 201 hp at the rear wheels with only a Quick D.
>> Guess I found a good one.
>>
>> Todd
>> www.netunlimited.net/~mustang/
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: James Harmon <jdharmon@earthlink.net>
>> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>> Date: Friday, June 25, 1999 1:09 AM
>> 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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