Everything You Wanted To Know About Car Measurements(HP, TQ, Gear Ratios etc.) - Page 3

FlatlineSi28 · 07-17-2008, 01:36 AM

still hard to understand the tourque and hp thing haha.. am i retarted?

ryker · 07-19-2008, 06:17 PM

Think of torque in this format -

Leg Muscles and a pedal bike. The power you can press down on the pedal for one stroke is torque. The more torque the more power you can press with.

HP is torque times cranks on the pedal.

100lbs of muscle strength at 4 pedals per second

or

25lbs of muscle strength at 16 pedals per second

In each of the above the same HP is created.

08_si_civic · 08-07-2008, 08:03 PM

what gear is the gear ratio at 1:1

pjeterm · 08-08-2008, 12:41 AM

what's the drivetrain % loss on 07 civic si sedan

KingMarineM16a4 · 08-13-2008, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pjeterm

what's the drivetrain % loss on 07 civic si sedan

Well 197hp from the engine, most people dyno 175 or so. So about 12% drivetrain loss.

08WhiteCivic · 10-24-2008, 10:47 AM

this is DEFF a great write up/thread.

KingMarineM16a4 · 10-24-2008, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 08WhiteCivic

this is DEFF a great write up/thread.

Thank you!

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FlatlineSi28 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New Jersey Age: 19 Posts: 269 Matt iTrader: 0 / 0%	still hard to understand the tourque and hp thing haha.. am i retarted?

07-19-2008, 06:17 PM	#42 (permalink)
ryker Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,723 iTrader: 1 / 100%	Think of torque in this format - Leg Muscles and a pedal bike. The power you can press down on the pedal for one stroke is torque. The more torque the more power you can press with. HP is torque times cranks on the pedal. 100lbs of muscle strength at 4 pedals per second or 25lbs of muscle strength at 16 pedals per second In each of the above the same HP is created.

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08WhiteCivic Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: In a cardboard box Posts: 2,779 iTrader: 2 / 100%	this is DEFF a great write up/thread.