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Yes another question thread, but as I rudely highjacked the last one, I thought it only right to make this separate.

 

If you read the slower = funner thread you will see how this came about.

 

What we would like is your power to weight ratios expressed in bhp per pound (BHP/LB), if you wish to post your actual bhp (flywheel/ rear wheel) and the overall weight then please do so.

 

 

Will post mine shortly, need my calc :D

 

Rich

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k, estimate flywheel 480 hp (confirmed dyno @ 385 before last mod - estimated gain since at 40 hp based on others with similar mod).

 

weight measured at 1750 lbs.

 

That works out to 3.64

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Engine is suposed to be 280 at the crank. No idea of rwhp. Weight with full fuel 1560#.

Equals 5.57#/hp ?

At LOG I was able to get 3 Dyno pulls. 1st was just to ck a/f ratio. 2nd pull showed 230hp. Jim Summerville @ Speedsouth felt my sparkplug gap was too big. We re-gapped to 0.035". On the 3rd pull we got 240 hp @5600 rpm. Max tq was 252. I thought we had a problem because the engine was cutting out @ 5600. I was under the impression my rev limiter was set @ 6500. After calling Dennis @ Stalker this AM I found my limiter is actually set to 5600 rpm. Jim S. thinks at the crank I'm getting about 290 hp. Not too bad for a stock engine advertized @ 240@crank. Only mods are to ECU, headers, air cleaner and no pollution equip. Jim

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301 RWHP, so maybe 321 HP at the flywheel. 1,350 lb with half tank of fuel.

 

Using estimated flywheel HP, my car would be 4.2 lb/hp.

 

Using RWHP from the dyno it would be 4.45 lb/hp

 

My car is a WIMP compared to Mazda's Franken7. :o

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301 RWHP, so maybe 321 HP at the flywheel. 1,350 lb with half tank of fuel.

 

Using estimated flywheel HP, my car would be 4.2 lb/hp.

 

Using RWHP from the dyno it would be 4.45 lb/hp

 

My car is a WIMP compared to Mazda's Franken7. :o

I'd love to take one of these boosted cars for a spin (well, not literally) :D

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My Birkin is 1240 pounds and 136 whp (figure 150ish at the crank) so that makes for 8.2 lbs/hp.

 

But since the car can't go anywhere without my butt in the seat - the car weighs 1430 with me in it and that makes the real life ratio 9.5lbs/hp.

 

Dave

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1149 lbs no fuel

120 HP but will not run without fuel

9.575 lbs per HP

I just tell people its power to weight is about 10 lbs to 1 HP or fast enough to get you a ticket.......About what Franklin 7's Starter produces......

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I'd love to take one of these boosted cars for a spin (well, not literally) :D

I'd love to take your car for a ride as well. Someday I will make it to an event and we can try each others cars.

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I might be close to skip's number.

 

The car was dyno'ed at 300rwhp (probably 320-330 at the crank) but is kind of fat.

 

the roll cage must weight about 150lbs easy from his 1400lbs base weight.

 

I need to weight it to be sure. But let's say 1550lbs

 

That's 5.1 lbs/ whp

or 4.84 lbs / crank hp

 

Still a fun fast car! :)

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I might be close to skip's number.

 

The car was dyno'ed at 300rwhp (probably 320-330 at the crank) but is kind of fat.

 

the roll cage must weight about 150lbs easy from his 1400lbs base weight.

 

I need to weight it to be sure. But let's say 1550lbs

 

That's 5.1 lbs/ whp

or 4.84 lbs / crank hp

 

Still a fun fast car! :)

unless you have a nascar style roll cage, it's not going to be 150 lbs.

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