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Hello

I have read peoples results after upgrading their RB20. Upgrades like turbos and fuel pumps and others. Many times I see that their rwkw is something like 140 or 150. I have read also that the stock rwkw for the RB20 in a GTS-T is 160rwkw. So why are people coming out with less than stock and happy about it?

Am I missing something?

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The factory kw rating is usually at the flywheel of the transmission not the wheels.

Transferring power from the flywheel to the wheels takes some of the engines power because it has to move the gears then the drive shaft then the axles.

For example the standard kw rating for a R33 Gtst is 183 kw but on my 33 which has all the supporting basic mods makes 181 kw *at the wheels*.

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Ok

So my car is Rated a 160 kw but I get less than that at the wheels. So when people say with the R33 turbo on by R32 will make 180rwkw up too when done right, this means at the wheels correct? Kw is main, but rwkw is smaller actual to the wheels?

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Yep basically right, you car uses power to spin the gearbox, flywheel, driveshafts, wheels etc.

RwKw is the power that actually gets to the ground.

So everyone here on the forums uses rwkw, its easier to measure.

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