Raw Horsepower

[tazman]

dOES ANYONE KNOW THE HORSEPOWER RATING ON THE "79"XS11F

[sixtysix]

I believe the factory claimed 95HP, but I am probably wrong.

[uk1.1s]

Horse-drawn XS

S'OK Sixtysix

It's 95bhp everywhere I've read too, so I think you are right.

[wpc57]

ok ... IF Gary is right ...does that mean he is wrong ?

[uk1.1s]

Errrrr

[Snow]

Arent HP and BHP a bit different, like BHP numbers tend to be about 25% higher than HP?

[Ken Talbot]

.... <B>igger <H>orses ?

[RiskyBusiness]

Originally posted by Snow
Arent HP and BHP a bit different, like BHP numbers tend to be about 25% higher than HP?

brake horsepower: abbr. bhp or b.hp. The actual or useful horsepower of an engine, usually determined from the force exerted on a friction brake or dynamometer connected to the drive shaft

Horse Power: hp - A unit of power in the U.S. Customary System, equal to 745.7 watts or 33,000 foot-pounds per minute


That's the dictionary response... is the difference just in how they are measured?

[Snow]

If there isn't any other available info, I would speculate that "rear wheel horsepower" would be the same as bhp and "flywheel horsepower" would measured as just hp instead of bhp?

[RiskyBusiness]

I did some searching around on the Internet and found this article that gets into bhp vs hp.

[schpiff]

Seems to me I read something..somewhere that said the the original definition of horsepower was the "ability to move 18,000 lbs, one foot in one minute" I aint sure zactly but I am pretty sure its something like that...
And the actual and reported horsepower for almost any engine can be WAY misleading..(I have a 78 plymouth fury "old squadcar" the 440 in it is rated at 195hp at 5200 rpm) Trust me when I say they lied!! Got the time slips to prove it.
For nowdays almost everything is rated at "the wheel" with everything that can be turned on is, and running.