View Single Post
Old 04-05-2012, 11:02 PM   #425
fatoni
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Drives: miata, mazdaspeed protege, ls430
Location: socal
Posts: 4,416
Thanks: 599
Thanked 1,443 Times in 787 Posts
Mentioned: 28 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by AshWilliams View Post
Pounds per horsepower is a useful yardstick for performance, hp per liter doesn't impress me as much.

Most performance cars are in the 8-9 lbs/hp. At 200 hp, the 86 is 13.5-14 lbs/hp. Some 1500 pickups have a similar ratio.
unless you believe that this car will perform like a 1500 pickup, i think you just kinda proved the lbs/hp ratio to be a useless yardstick
fatoni is offline   Reply With Quote