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Originally Posted by civicdrivr
Looks like he calculated a 26% drive train loss with the stock numbers (rated at 200, put down 148). He ran the car on a Dynapack, so his whp numbers will be lower, but as long as the runs were on the same dyno in similar weather as the control results (first dyno), I'm sure his calculations are accurate.
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Just playing devils advocate here, how does the drivetrain lose literally twice as much power just by adding some to the engine?
There's a simple answer, it doesn't
Drivetrain losses will stay almost at the same figure (not percent). 50bhp losses at 150whp will still be ~50bhp losses at 400whp.