Re: Rear Wheel Horsepower

From: B Gecko (gecko517@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Jun 27 1999 - 00:56:36 EDT


Have you made any strip passes lately?

Brad

--- Todd Flummer <mustang@netunlimited.net> wrote:
> 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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