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Yeah, the 500 in GT500 is the maximum power output (in ps) of the engines for the cars in that class. The GT300 cars have a power limit of 300ps.

since the japs like to use ps

Yeah, I don't understand the French (who invented the standard units).

There's a perfectly good existing metric unit for power (the watt) which is what the Standards Body is all about. The "horsepower" is an imperial unit based on what James Watt hypothesised a horse could do, and then knocked a bit off that so when he made a "1hp" engine people wouldn't disbelieve him.....and the "power stroke" value is limited just to engines and is a metric'ed version of that imperial unit.

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Yeah, the 500 in GT500 is the maximum power output (in ps) of the engines for the cars in that class. The GT300 cars have a power limit of 300ps.

Yeah, I don't understand the French (who invented the standard units).

There's a perfectly good existing metric unit for power (the watt) which is what the Standards Body is all about. The "horsepower" is an imperial unit based on what James Watt hypothesised a horse could do, and then knocked a bit off that so when he made a "1hp" engine people wouldn't disbelieve him.....and the "power stroke" value is limited just to engines and is a metric'ed version of that imperial unit.

PS is actually a german word. Pferdest盲rke = horse strength

1 PS is 0.73ish kilowatts, and 0.986ish horespower

read all about power ratings here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsepower

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PS is actually a german word. Pferdest盲rke = horse strength

1 PS is 0.73ish kilowatts, and 0.986ish horespower

read all about power ratings here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsepower

horespower? now theres a new one. :D

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Yeah, the 500 in GT500 is the maximum power output (in ps) of the engines for the cars in that class. The GT300 cars have a power limit of 300ps.

Yeah, I don't understand the French (who invented the standard units).

There's a perfectly good existing metric unit for power (the watt) which is what the Standards Body is all about. The "horsepower" is an imperial unit based on what James Watt hypothesised a horse could do, and then knocked a bit off that so when he made a "1hp" engine people wouldn't disbelieve him.....and the "power stroke" value is limited just to engines and is a metric'ed version of that imperial unit.

scathing me ol mate. I have no idea what you are on, but ps is not a french measurement, and nor does it stand for power stroke... lol even if it were french why would it have an english name? it's german, let your fingers do the googling as I cant be knackered typing it out and I will just look dumb spelling it wrong.

edit: d'oh beaten to the punch.

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