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Old 03-15-2015, 05:29 PM   #355
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Originally Posted by Deep Six View Post
SAE certified crank horsepower really has a single purpose: marketing new cars. Aside from that I really see no use for that data point. Wheel rated horsepower and torque is what moves the car and is the constant for measuring performance. So why do we even care if drive train loss is static or proportional to wheel horsepower?
Because I said the 85whp increase with stage 2.3 is likely to be close to 85 fly hp not 85 multiplied by a magical number.
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