How Much Horsepower Do You Need? The amazing thing is that most of what we require a car to do uses only a small percentage of itshorsepower. When you are driving along the freeway at 60 mph (96.6 km/h), your car engine has to provide the power to do three things: Overcome the a...
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Tags:cars,horsepower,physics,work energy theorem A couple days ago, I sat down to write a physics problem that would quantitatively illustrate the concept of power to my students. Those of you with some physics education know that power is work done per time or the rate of consumption/expendi...
Snowmaking enhancements: An additional well for the snowmaking pump house was dug over the summer, providing more horsepower to crank the snow for earlier openings when the temperatures cooperate. Grooming enhancements: Nubs also invested in grooming over the offseason with the purchase of a Pisten ...
Well, I like the cars we have. If I had a Ferrari, what would be different? The thing that keeps me from driving any faster than I do is the traffic in front of me, and fear of speeding tickets. I’d be driving just about the same with 500 horsepower. And I don’t know what...
My neighbor is paying thousands of dollars a year to idle around town in a 300 horsepower truck that gets 12 miles per gallon in the city, even while her body is crying out for extra exercise that it is clearly not getting enough of. ...
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So, why do you need a car with 200 horsepower? So you can "floor it," which is the only time you use all that power. The rest of the time, you use considerably less power than you have available. Hybrid Mileage Tips A driver's desire for quick acceleration causes our cars to be...