>well, if you were to look at the most recent issue of import tuner you'll
>see that a dx will have more powere than ours. i just don't get it. intake
>header exhaust made about 106 to the wheels on the dx.
Haven't we discussed this before? Here's why that 106 number doesn't mean
crap--
1)That 106 to the wheels represents only peak horsepower. Doesn't say
anything about horsepower elsewhere in the powerband, nor anything at all
about torque. Peak numbers don't really mean shit--how often do you drive
around at a constant 5900rpm? Far, *far* more important is total area under
the power curve (take the derivative of the equation defining the power
curve), which is why an SE-R can smoke a lot of cars which have more peak
horsepower--the SE-R makes a ton of torque throughout the entire powerband,
thus getting it up to those peak power figures quicker.
2)Dynos are not consistent. There are different varieties of dynos and
different methods for using them. Some have different ranges of optimal
accuracy than others. So if two cars have very similar ratings, but were
measured on different dynos, you probably can't say anything conclusive
about which car has more power--there are other variables affecting the
outcome.
JWolfe
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