Geekin' again

NissanPower se-rdan@rogers.com
Thu, 13 Dec 2001 22:20:54 -0500


Thanks for bringing this up again, Geo.

IIRC from my schooling, HP is only a calculation of torque and speed.
I can't see how a dynojet could figure HP without torque..........

I have to say you are right (as usual )  :)

Dan
London ON.

George Roffe wrote:

> Well, since hp=TxN/5252 (where N = rpm), we simply plug in the figures for
> T and N. T was calculated as above. RPM is the rpm of the drum (not the
> engine of the car spinning the drum through the drivetrain). Therefore,
> since we know N and T at the drum through data acquisition, we can
> calculate the hp at the drum as well as the torque. Pretty clever, don't
> you think?