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post Oct 25, 2005 - 1:51 AM
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this whole theory is going off something i remember someone saying before. not sure of the exact numbers, but it was something like "every 125lbs you take out adds 4hp" or something like that. anyway, the point is there is a direct correlation between weight and HP.

now onto my main point. people talk stuff like "car A will beat car B becuase they both have the same HP, but car A is lighter" so if car B was reduced to the weight of car A, it would be faster? like if car A is 1900lbs and 150hp, and car B is 2700lbs and 150hp, wouldnt they both be the same speed? its like that old trick question "which would fall faster, a pound of bricks or a pound of feathers" where they'd both fall the same speed. so wouldnt a 1900lb car with 150hp go as fast as a 2700lb car with 150hp?

does anybody get what im trying to say?


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post Oct 25, 2005 - 8:11 AM
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Wats up with all this formula stuff??

Simply put, more weight = slow ass car
less weight = faster car

Ex.
If you put our engines in a camaro. The thing wouldn't even budge cause its pushing something so heavy.

That's also the conecpt where civics come in. They are light yet they have a powerful dohc engine qucik enough to cream our cars. tongue.gif

Posts in this topic
- celicarocker   HP and Weight   Oct 25, 2005 - 1:51 AM
- - lagos   think of it this way . most super bikes would smok...   Oct 25, 2005 - 2:45 AM
- - celicer   there is a huge difference from somethign falling ...   Oct 25, 2005 - 3:05 AM
|- - CoSo   QUOTE(celicer @ Oct 25, 2005 - 4:05 PM)there ...   Oct 25, 2005 - 3:30 AM
- - CoSo   QUOTE(celicarocker @ Oct 25, 2005 - 2:51 PM)t...   Oct 25, 2005 - 3:25 AM
- - behindthesmile   QUOTE(celicarocker @ Oct 25, 2005 - 1:51 AM)t...   Oct 25, 2005 - 5:31 AM
- - soulshadow   Wats up with all this formula stuff?? Simply put,...   Oct 25, 2005 - 8:11 AM
- - CelicaZR   I'm not having a go at anyone here ok. Is it j...   Oct 25, 2005 - 8:38 AM
- - celicaST   first off, you need to understand that the physics...   Oct 25, 2005 - 9:15 AM
- - BBoYRuGGeD   its like im back in physics class.... i read so...   Oct 25, 2005 - 9:37 AM
- - forkee   heres a good example. the engine in the lotus eli...   Oct 25, 2005 - 11:13 AM
|- - celicaST   QUOTE(forkee @ Oct 25, 2005 - 10:13 AM)heres ...   Oct 25, 2005 - 12:17 PM
|- - nik   QUOTE(celicaST @ Oct 25, 2005 - 10:17 AM)QUOT...   Oct 25, 2005 - 4:27 PM
|- - celicaST   QUOTE(nik @ Oct 25, 2005 - 3:27 PM)QUOTE(celi...   Oct 25, 2005 - 6:26 PM
- - darksecret   Not to complicate things but drag and traction mus...   Oct 26, 2005 - 11:26 AM
|- - Mr_E   QUOTE(darksecret @ Oct 26, 2005 - 11:26 AM)No...   Oct 26, 2005 - 6:54 PM
- - RbrtNdrws   Physics makes the world go 'round.   Oct 26, 2005 - 5:50 PM
- - Snarfer   Easy way to put it F(forward wheels) = mass*accele...   Oct 26, 2005 - 6:28 PM
- - creis   The real trick quetions is why does a wheel waigh ...   Oct 26, 2005 - 9:28 PM
|- - celicaST   QUOTE(creis @ Oct 26, 2005 - 8:28 PM)The real...   Oct 26, 2005 - 10:19 PM
- - darksecret   Your talking about rotating mass and the g-force m...   Oct 27, 2005 - 12:16 AM


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