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Power to weight

Posted:
January 18th, 2011, 7:51 pm
by Dreama
Just wondering if someone has done the maths or if there is a formula for calculating comparable power to weight ratios.
What I mean is if you have a car weighing 1500kg producing 400RWHP, what RWHP would a car weighing 1800kg have to make to do the same times. Assume the cars have the same gearbox,diff ratios and tyre size, so the only variable that changes is the power/torque.
Now for this exercise I am talking 1/4 mile times as circuit racing has to many variables.
The three car i am thinking of is:
A. TD/TC Cortina
B. XD/XE
C.BA/BF
Re: Power to weight

Posted:
January 18th, 2011, 7:58 pm
by jazza312
on the vicroads website there was a power to weight calculator on there for when p platers could have v8's... dunno if its still on there.
im sure if u google a power to weight calculator u could find one...
Re: Power to weight

Posted:
January 18th, 2011, 8:33 pm
by Dreama
Just looked up the vicroads site and not bad but not what I was after. But in the google search results I found this site
http://www.letstorquebhp.com/calculator.asp which seems to be what I'm after.
I would still like some real world experiences in relation to what people have found as number crunching is good but actual results are more telling
Re: Power to weight

Posted:
January 18th, 2011, 8:37 pm
by holmsy
in theory you can calculate it i guess.
but you also get the issue of torque to weight ratio.
and also i guess you have to assume the same grip levels despite a raise in power/torque
Re: Power to weight

Posted:
January 25th, 2011, 10:34 pm
by El_Poochino
PA/WA=PB/WB
PA=power car A
WA= weight car A
etc. As you want the same ratio, they are equal. Make PB the subject thus
PB=(PA/WA)*WB= 480HP for car B to have the same P/W as car A (according to your eg)
Same for torque
TB=(TA/WA)*WB
Screw other variables as air resistance, tyer grip, weight distribution would make this all derp and based on power, torque and weight the cars should be within... I dunno 0.2sec or 10% of each other (figure made up, go through drag DB and test theory).