True... but if I knew the weight of Brians car they wouldn't need to be taking a guess

 

I've never forgot where the head came from and have recommened it to alot of people.

It'd be nice to have some of the US RMW crew run some drag numbers. In fact you wouldn't even need to leave your keyboards.
http://www.letstorquebhp.com/calculator.asp

 

I really can't understand with all of the information given by Shawn that you guys continue to "guess" with this hp calculator

you have a SAE corrected dyno that will tell you correctly what it is
you guys are some really stubborn people

I guess that kept you out of German occupation

 

I guess that kept you out of German occupation

Off topic again.

 

True, but then we did have to call in the Yanks to help with the pesky germanians... thinking about it... german car (MINI), not making enough power (Lohen - English tuner), call to a yank (RMW) = loads of power.

I know, very stubborn and I hold a lot by what Shawn says, but I cant ignore the fact that everytime I dyno the car then go to the strip the math works so we'll just have to agree to dis-agree

 

well, I do admire stubborn people.... it's much more satisfying when they finally realize you were right all along

 

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Guys I can't believe you went 18 pages over this. 18!!!!
Are you trying to set a record or something?

 

I think we need a few more pages to do it.... but we are getting there....

the fight for all intensive purposes has be proven now so it's more useless banter on the way

Feel free to keep it going... it's a good read

 

Bump

 

1320 = 30.5SEC - 115MPH

SORRY!!!!!!! DONE ON FROZEN LAKE ERIE
FORGOT MY STUDDED SNOWS

I JUST HAD TO BE AN A$$

I'M GOOD AT IT TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Since everyone is taking a break on this issue, I thought that it might be interesting to look at this video, even if you have seen it before.





oh the irony of this thread

 

great post

 

People still think the 1/4 mile can accurately measure hp and tq......!

Do they not realize that dynos have been invented for just this kind of job.

 

exactly

 

Whow

A new voice of reason.

 

And people still think that dyno's can actually measure how quick a car is....!

Do they not realize that 0-60, 30-70, 0-100, 60-130, 1/4 mile & track times have been invented for just this kind of job.

 

But you are talking about two completely different properties. Power and speed. It takes a certain amount of power to obtain a desired speed BUT there are many other variables to consider when trying to determine that amount of power. While a dyno is designed to do one job, determine the amount of power an engine can produce, with little to no variables involved.

 

I know, I'm just being an ***, would just love to see some performance figures to go with the dyno graphs is all.

 

On this side of the pond drag racing MINI's isn't that big of a deal. Which I think has been stated for over a year now.

 

And yet you've got the worlds fastest MINI on your side of the pond

 

Hmm. all I can add is, why do we mod our cars? We mod our engines to go faster and quicker no/yes? I think the answer is yes. So really a dyno slip is nothing other than a tool to see if what you have done works or dosen't work, but mainly to brag with. I see where the UK guy's are comming from, really dosen't matter what the dyno says if it dosen't make a diff. on the strip. I know, I know, there are other variables to it also, so no need to remind me. But it all comes down to, is your car quicker and faster? I mean my car seems quick to me, coudn't imagine being hugely different with 30 hp, but maybe i'm wrong? Thats my 02. BTW Bigshot, dynos do have many variables also.

 

And no one cares except for 5 people

 

That would be quickest........not fastest.

 

All good points, but the varibles are virtually non-existent when using the same dyno. Inconsistentsies are really only between different ones.

 

this is a great point........when testing our products we always go to the same dyno so we can compare the differences

now that Paul was nice enough to give us his correction factor for theirs , it's really easy to compare hp across the pond