50 Fastest Muscle Cars...

bill dedman · 05-14-2012, 10:40 AM

Chuck,

While what you say is true, that figure seemed like an awful lot to lose, to me. The difference between flywheel dyno horsepower and a chassis dyno rear wheel horsepower is generally accepted to be somewhere around fifteen percent of the larger number, I believe. Of course, that's just a ballpark figure, but the factory said a drop of 53- percent in this case.

That just seemed like an awful lot of hp to lose to "accessories" and other parasitic devices... I can't imagine what their motivation might be to fabricate an unrealistically-low figure like that though (NHRA never bought it,) so perhaps it's correct.

Just sayin'...

05-14-2012, 10:40 AM	#20
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: 50 Fastest Muscle Cars... Chuck, While what you say is true, that figure seemed like an awful lot to lose, to me. The difference between flywheel dyno horsepower and a chassis dyno rear wheel horsepower is generally accepted to be somewhere around fifteen percent of the larger number, I believe. Of course, that's just a ballpark figure, but the factory said a drop of 53- percent in this case. That just seemed like an awful lot of hp to lose to "accessories" and other parasitic devices... I can't imagine what their motivation might be to fabricate an unrealistically-low figure like that though (NHRA never bought it,) so perhaps it's correct. Just sayin'... __________________ Bill