What do you drive?

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Re: What do you drive?

Postby Craig. » Tue Jan 13, 2004 12:23 pm

BHP is Brake Horse Power. my car has 180bhp i believe.
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Re: What do you drive?

Postby SaVas » Tue Jan 13, 2004 2:41 pm

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Re: What do you drive?

Postby BMan1113VR » Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:22 pm

i just had my Rx-7 dyno-ed and found making some seriously nice horespower. . .was making 635 bhp and 642 ft-lbs of tourqe. . .pretty nice for a '93 roatary

going to the local strip either this weekend or next, will tell you my best quarter mile and 0-60 mph
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Re: What do you drive?

Postby Excel560 » Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:42 pm

Rx-7s are nice...I drive that on need for speed underground LOL

Dont know what brake horse power means...My car has only 185 horsepower 3.1 Liter
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Re: What do you drive?

Postby Craig. » Wed Jan 14, 2004 5:06 am

that is BHP:)
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Re: What do you drive?

Postby Omag 2.0 » Wed Jan 14, 2004 7:52 am

Dont know what brake horse power means...My car has only 185 horsepower 3.1 Liter


ONLY 185, ONLY a 3.1 ???????

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Re: What do you drive?

Postby Excel560 » Wed Jan 14, 2004 8:29 am

a 3.1 is crap, not powerful at all really.
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Re: What do you drive?

Postby Craig. » Wed Jan 14, 2004 10:16 am

remember though, its not always about the horsepower, low end torque is key also weight, a taurus, is a heavy car. I am also guessing it is an automatic which doesnt help much.
then again when ya look at some cars its scarey, the Dodge viper i believe has 500hp, but has two choices of gears, close gearing with high torque means it will burn anything off the starting line, but it has a low top speed, where as the further spaced gears with lower torque might be slower off the line but its got a phenominal top speed.
all depends on how the manufacturer utilises the HP and engine size.
i believe thats correct, feel free to pick apart that which is wrong:)
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Re: What do you drive?

Postby Excel560 » Wed Jan 14, 2004 10:42 pm

Sounds about right, Im not the picking apart type...not that big of a baby, yes the viper is one hell of a car.

::) one day my beretta will beat a viper  :P
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Re: What do you drive?

Postby ChuckMajik » Thu Jan 15, 2004 5:25 am

Perhaps in a couple of months.
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Re: What do you drive?

Postby Omag 2.0 » Thu Jan 15, 2004 6:53 am

I just hope you're able to bend yourselve in different ways Steve-O. Not the most spacious of cars around ...  ;)
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Re: What do you drive?

Postby ChuckMajik » Thu Jan 15, 2004 7:39 pm

I've driven one before, and I'm somewhat proud to say that I fit... comfortably.
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Re: What do you drive?

Postby Omag 2.0 » Fri Jan 16, 2004 5:14 am

Happy for you! It has something, that old minicooper. Much better than the new one.
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Re: What do you drive?

Postby Donnie111 » Sat Jan 17, 2004 7:26 am

I've got an Aprillia Rally LC with 2 BHP ::)
But with only 100 Kg's (200 Pounds)
It handles like a beast :)
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Re: What do you drive?

Postby BMan1113VR » Sat Jan 17, 2004 2:45 pm

dicplacment isn't everything, i mean look at the porsche 911 gt1 race car. . .it is a 3.2L flat-6 and kicks out over 660+ hp!!
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