Cars & Transportation - 17 December 2007

WOULD THIS BE THE WAY TO FIND HORSEPOWER IF I DIDNT HAVE A DYNO AND ONLY KNEW THE TORQUE THE RPM AND THE NUMBER OF CYLINDERS

YES I NO THERE IS A DYNO AND THERE IS A FORMULA BUT I THOUGHT THE FORMULA WAS WRONG BECAUSE FIRST I FOUND TWO TORQUExRPM/(5252 OR 5254)

SO HERE IS A SETTING

THERE IS A 4 CYLINDER ENGINE SPINNING AT SAY 60 RPM(I NO THIS IS NOT A REAL FIGURE) WITH 10 FT LBS OF TORQUE PER CYLINDER

SO THERE IS ONE FIRE OF THE SPARK PLUG EVERY 90 DEGREES ROTATION OF THE CRANKSHAFT AND EACH FIRE PRODUCES 10 FT LBS OF TORQUE SO IN A SECOND THERE IS 40 FT LBS OF TORQUE CREATED NOW MULTIPLY THAT BY 3600 AND U GET 144000 NOW DIVIDE THAT BY 33000 AND U GOT URE ANSWER SO 4.36 HP

IS THAT A CORRECT EQUATION?????????????????????( I REPEAT I NO THERE IS A DYNO I JUST WONDERING I M A VERY CURIOUS PERSON)

IF YOU CAN SUPPLY ME WITH SOME TORQUE GRAPHS AND CYLINDER NUMBER OF SOME CARS THAT WOULD BE GREAT AS WELL AS ANSWERING THIS QUESTION

SERIOUS ANSWERS PLEASE

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