If you can get some reasonably accurate 1/4mile times you can calculate rear
wheel HP fairly accurately with (200*weight)/ET^3, and of course rearranging
it gives a good idea what to expect at different HPs and/or weights.
Assuming 84HP/1710lbs, expect ETs around 15.97sec..
GM
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>
> I did three HP runs and came up with 79, 81, 84 HP. The number getting
lower
> with increasing temperature of the motor. 0-60 times were 9.3 and 9.8
> seconds.
>
> All this time I imagined that this motor must be at least 100HP, but I
suppose
> that a lower number is to be expected at the wheels as this one measures
the
> HP of the car moving through air, which will include drag, unlike a static
> shop dyno.
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