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Does A Lightweight Car Make More Horsepower

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red rpm Apprentice

red rpm

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hi

i was just wondering if a light weight car would make more horsepower or not?

just thinking if a light weight car would have more power but would it make more horsepower on a dyno

i have asked lots of people some say that it would because some dynos are specially for engines and it gives you engine horsepower and the normal dyno gives you horsepower at wheels

so what do you think

89CAL Grand Master

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Mate I would have a go at re-writing that

But I know that when they strap a car down, how hard it is strapped will have an effect on the power reading but i think its fairly marginal and would eliminate most of the "weight issue' that your talking about anyway

Your not talking about power to weight ratio? I cant quite understand half of your post.....

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PM-R33 Grand Master

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Yeah I really think he must mean power to weight ratio or something. No one could seriously think that an engine makes more power just because you remove two fat chicks from the back seat.

red rpm Apprentice

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Yeah I really think he must mean power to weight ratio or something. No one could seriously think that an engine makes more power just because you remove two fat chicks from the back seat.

yup

this what i wanted to say

power to weight ratio

sorry for the english maby not lot of u people counld understand my english cus its my second language

and i was just asking and learn more from people

SECURITY Grand Master

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Weight has nothing to do with power. You will have better acceleration because there is less weight to move - that's it.

There is a car club in the USA that got a standard Nissan sentra and started from standard weight and pulled a 16sec 1/4 mile pass. Then completely stripped the panels so it only had the engine, floor pan and running gear and pulled a 12sec pass.

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weight goes not change the power of the car the power is what the motor is putting out !!.

but a lighter car will allow you to make more use out of that power for example if you have a 300hp patrol and a 300hp minni the minni will be faster because theres less weight for the 300 horses to pull

PM-R33 Grand Master

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I think it is safe to say this does not need to be discussed any furthur. I think 99% of people understand that a car that is lighter will be faster than a heavier car with the exact same horsepower output.

GTR-N1 Grand Master

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yes, is this very much correct. A Lightweight Car Make More Horsepower because The "torque loss" sensation is a similar phenomenon, except it's mainly a problem with driving habits.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......

Mayuri Krab Grand Master

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if i fit 22s on a 33 will it also make more horsepower?

Don't know about that one...

But it has being proven that if you paint your brake calibers red it will increase your power by 25rwkw & putting those flower stickers on the back window (like those you find in those Hyundai Excels, Getzs driven by girls) will furthur increase your power by 5rwkw per sticker.

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R31Nismoid Grand Master

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yes, is this very much correct. A Lightweight Car Make More Horsepower because The "torque loss" sensation is a similar phenomenon, except it's mainly a problem with driving habits.

a cars weight has nothing to do with "torque loss".

a car making "1000nm" will make it whether the car weighs in @ 1tonne or 2tonne.

drivetrain differences *might* have an impact, but it'll be minor for the sake of this topic.

blk94r33 Mentor

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Don't know about that one...

But it has being proven that if you paint your brake calibers red it will increase your power by 25rwkw & putting those flower stickers on the back window (like those you find in those Hyundai Excels, Getzs driven by girls) will furthur increase your power by 5rwkw per sticker.

And everyone knows there's 10rwkw in a TBI pod filter (the dyno graph on the back says so), and they're only like $15! So for $750 spent on TBI performance parts you can gain 500rwkw!

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