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BHP per tonne
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 12:07 am
by sladey
I often see this figure being quoted as a good measurement of the power of a car but I have no idea how to work it out - it's not that I don't know how to divide one by the other - I've just no idea on how much a tonne is and how much (say) a 3.2 carrera weighs in terms of tonnes - I seem to remember that they weigh about 1230Kg (but can't be sure)
What's the conversion rate?
Cheers
mark
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 6:15 am
by Mick Cliff
1000kg = 1 tonne
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 7:40 am
by Mick Cliff
Late 3.2 Carrera = 1280kg (1.28 tonnes)
BHP/Tonne = 231/1.28 = 180.47
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 12:09 pm
by FLY 7
The 911 Club Sport , which produced over 240bhp and weighed 1160 kg, has a power to weight ratio of c.210 bhp/tonne.
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 12:26 pm
by Bob_Salmon
FLY 7 wrote:The 911 Club Sport , which produced over 240bhp and weighed 1160 kg, has a power to weight ratio of c.210 bhp/tonne.
The '73 RS's were putting out something in the order of 215 bhp/tonne so not a lot of progress along the way!
Bob
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:08 am
by sladey
Thanks everyone for this