100lb = 10hp?

[Scouzer]

I've heard this before.

Thoughts?

Don't rape me, I don't know!

Unclear post: I was referring to shaving 100lb off a car's weight gains '10 hp' and adding 100lb loses '10hp'

 

[Howard]

Uh, no.

 

[imported_Tick]

No. A HP is measured as the ability of a horse to lift a given weight on a cart up a given slope.

 

[mugs]

That sounds overly optimistic

Edit: Obviously you're not talking about an actual change in horsepower, but rather an equivalent gain in performance... I don't think you could simplify it that much.

 

[lozina]

So a 250 lb. man has 25 hit points? doesn't sound like he can take much damage...

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: lozina
So a 250 lb. man has 25 hit points? doesn't sound like he can take much damage...

FTW!

 

[TheSlamma]

Go down the 1/4 mile in a civic, then put a 100lb sandbag in the back.

Then do the same thing with a F-350 powerstroke.

I don't know how there can be a set weight of lbs = hp

 

[Fenixgoon]

HP = power = work/time

lb = weight = measure of gravitational pull

or if you're thinking lb-ft, that's a unit of force (about an axis)

 

[Heisenberg]

The rule of thumb I've always heard is that every 100 lbs lighter you make the car you pick up 0.1 seconds in the 1/4 mile.

 

[Howard]

No. It's possible that at a certain period that relationship would work, but lower weight does nothing for top speed.

 

[Mutilator]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
The rule of thumb I've always heard is that every 100 lbs lighter you make the car you pick up 0.1 seconds in the 1/4 mile.

That's what I've heard too. No way lighter weight would increase horsepower, it would just change the HP:Weight ratio slightly.

 

[illusion88]

Originally posted by: lozina
So a 250 lb. man has 25 hit points? doesn't sound like he can take much damage...

As long as he wears armor he is fine.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: Mutilator

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
The rule of thumb I've always heard is that every 100 lbs lighter you make the car you pick up 0.1 seconds in the 1/4 mile.

That's what I've heard too. No way lighter weight would increase horsepower, it would just change the HP:Weight ratio slightly.

thats what ive heard, and i know 100hp wont ONLY net you .1s in the 1/4.