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| BGman |
 Dec 11 2005, 02:10 PM
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Greg  Group: Members Posts: 87 Joined: 18-January 04 From: Owensboro, KY Member No.: 1,575 Region Association: None  |
Reading the latest issue of Motor Trend - they write about Bugatti's Veyron (hell, I don't even know how to pronounce it much less will ever see one)...1001 horsepower ultra-exotic.
It has a HP guage. SO here is my question, how does a guage like this work? I thought HP could only be measured using an external (calibrated) load applied to the engine (AKA dynomometer) as a function of rpm corrected for temp, humidity, etc... So explain how this is probably working? Or is it just a gimmick...a guage pre-programmed to read "HP" based on gear and rpms...so that they can put "1001" on it somewhere? I guess for $1.25 mil - it better be the real deal. |
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BGman OT- Horsepower Guage ?? Dec 11 2005, 02:10 PM
i love porsche well...if you think about it, they can probably ju... Dec 11 2005, 03:29 PM Jacco I dunno how they do it, but I just saw Top Gear wh... Dec 11 2005, 03:30 PM bd1308 Dec 11 2005, 03:33 PM Brett W torque can be calculated using mass air flow and V... Dec 11 2005, 04:23 PM olav The Veyron is a really nice car in person. I saw o... Dec 11 2005, 04:28 PM Cap'n Krusty See Dan Neil's article in today's LA Times... Dec 11 2005, 06:07 PM jasons Dec 11 2005, 07:02 PM McMark Kind of reminds me of the computer industry. I... Dec 11 2005, 07:12 PM BGman Interesting- did not know it was that easy. Kinda... Dec 12 2005, 06:16 PM bryanc Actually, real-time HP is easy to do. If you know... Dec 12 2005, 06:31 PM bd1308 Dec 12 2005, 06:41 PM lapuwali You can get an excellent approximation by just usi... Dec 12 2005, 06:54 PM fiid You could couple this with the drag coefficient, w... Dec 12 2005, 07:05 PM
bernbomb914 There is a add in autoweek that sell a guage that ... Dec 12 2005, 09:09 PM  |
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