how much horsepower is needed to make a difference?
01-28-2002, 06:25 PM
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how much horsepower is needed to make a difference?
can you actually feel a difference with 5HP vs 10HP gain?
say if you were racing another car, how much HP would be needed to overtake it if the difference was half a car length or a full car length?
say if you were racing another car, how much HP would be needed to overtake it if the difference was half a car length or a full car length?
01-28-2002, 07:31 PM
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1. You might be able to tell a small difference in lap or 1320 times, but a butt dyno wouldn't be able to tell 5hp. Even with a dyno, that's close to margin of error in the dyno's accuracy.
2. You need to know the rate of acceleration of your opponent as well to answer this.
2. You need to know the rate of acceleration of your opponent as well to answer this.
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