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Just about every car ad on TV mentions it, people talking about their cars bandy the word about and even most lawn mowers have a big sticker on them to tell you how much horsepower the engine has. But what is horsepower, and how much horsepower does a horse have? What does the horsepo...
Q: How much HP does a supercharger add? A:The average increase in power is about 46 percent. So, an engine with 100 horsepower would likely see a bump to 146 horsepower. That is just an average, though, and there’s plenty more at play. Some combinations see fewer gains while others...
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The same way the factory does.. TURBO. The turbo manifold is not very expensive. Around $150. A fitting but cheap turbo can be had for another $150-200. The only thing that it comes down to is fuel. Turbocharging with a carburetor is tricky, but doable. You only need to make about...
The convertible model shares a showroom with the GranTurismo coupe, and both body styles offer a choice of two all-wheel-drive powertrains: a 542-hp twin-turbo 3.0-liter V-6 (Trofeo) or three electric motors making a combined 818 horses (Folgore). It might come as no surprise that ...
Fuel that is near the head walls may be so cool that it does not burn efficiently. With a flat head, the amount of surface area relative to volume of the combustion chamber is large. In a HEMI engine, the surface area is much smaller than in a flat head, so less heat escapes and ...
A turbocharged or supercharged 2.0 liter engine will use much more of it's capacity, producing more power as it is now able to burn more fuel. (This gives a turbo engine an optimum power figure far in excess of 100bhp per cylinder, some OEM 2.0 engines are pushing out 300bhp!) ...
It really does not matter what the rules are, in whatever decade or in whatever class. Current technology (whatever it was back then or current) and the pullers with the financial resources are always going to propel what ever pulling division and class to a (much) higher standard. ...