David wrote: > BHP is a measure of the rate at which an engine does work measured by > resistance to an applied brake (i.e. the power available from the engine to do > useful work, discounting friction and energy losses within the engine itself).
Also, when the BHP is measured on a brake dynamometer by manufacturers of modern cars (for example)it is measured on an engine stripped of all parasitic loads such as alternators, power steering pump and sometimes even water pump (the cooling water is supplied under pressure from the mains water supply into the dyno cell). Thus the BHP quoted by car manufacturers is significantly greater than that obtained at the road wheels after all the parasitic loads and transmission losses. Roger ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
