Re: Horsepower
From: Paul Draper (pdraper_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/30/04
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Date: 30 Sep 2004 06:19:06 -0700
davidhanley@yahoo.com (David Hanley) wrote in message news:<281e82b2.0409290822.475fc083@posting.google.com>...
> I'm having a "heated discussion" with someone about horsepower.
>
> He insists that a car's transmission multiplies horsepower. E.G. that
> if the engine is 100hp and 3rd gear is 3:1 that there will be 300hp
> driving the car forward.
>
> I know that's wrong, obviously, but i'm having a hard time finding an
> online reference that states this clearly, and online is best because
> that is where this "heated discussion" is.
Try a car magazine, where they rate the maximum horsepower of the
engine. This number is without reference to the gear that it's in. If
he fails to believe that, have him talk with an instructor at a votech
school.
PD
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