Horse Power Question ??
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Re: Horse Power Question ?? (WestTexas)
Wow, all I asked was why the A4 was rated 360 lbs ft of torque, and MN6 was rated 375 lbs ft of torque. The correct answer I assume is in the programing. Don't need all the other stuff about drive train loss, but thanks just the same. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Horse Power Question ?? (MRR2)
My post was more for the discussion between dwaynelombardi and Rich. Mitch and gasman have it right in that the A4 can't handle as much torque, so the computer limits how much the engine gives it.
Cheers! :seeya
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Re: Horse Power Question ?? (dwaynelombardi)
And you think this 2-3% is due just to computer? Please! As I was saying go dyno any two cars that have the same engine and factotry flywheel HP raiting and through them on a dyno and you tell me which one will pull more at the rear wheels. You people base to many of your opinions out of mags.
The factory rating is the HP and Torque at the flywheel. The LS1 equipped with an automatic is programmed to not overcome the published tolerances of the transmission. The only numbers affected by the fact that an automatic loses more than a manual are the rear wheel numbers. Mitch, Gasman, and WestTexas are all in agreement on this one. This is why the torque numbers are different but the HP numbers are the same at the flywheel between the manual-equipped and the automatic-equipped versions, whereas both the torque and the HP are different at the rear wheels.
It is interesting to note that the published torque numbers for, say, a 1999 'Vette were the same between manuals and automatics; so obviously the transmission does not figure into it.
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Re: Horse Power Question ?? (dwaynelombardi)
And you think this 2-3% is due just to computer? Please! As I was saying go dyno any two cars that have the same engine and factotry flywheel HP raiting and through them on a dyno and you tell me which one will pull more at the rear wheels. You people base to many of your opinions out of mags.
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Re: Horse Power Question ?? (dwaynelombardi)
Jerry just because your Over The Hill does not mean you know anything about cars. :nopity
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Re: Horse Power Question ?? (JerryL)
Dwayne,
Bring that 98 to Cruise-In III and we'll see how it does against an over-the-hill guy in his Z. ;)
Bring that 98 to Cruise-In III and we'll see how it does against an over-the-hill guy in his Z. ;)
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Re: Horse Power Question ?? (dwaynelombardi)
I sure am rich. we had a trans am with 3700 miles on it, and bone stock dyno 321rwh at a local performance shop.
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Re: Horse Power Question ?? (RajunCajun2001)
I sure am rich. we had a trans am with 3700 miles on it, and bone stock dyno 321rwh at a local performance shop.
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