Re: [USMA:23528] Re: CaballosCarlton was right: he wrote: If your car has a 120 kW engine, it has about 160 horsepower or caballos .....
Joe wrote: If your car has a 120 kW engine, it has 161 hp The only difference is that Carlton, just like I do, take the horsepower as equal to 750 W by rounding up. The power of cars is not that measurement sensitive that it needs to be converted with the precize factors of 736 W for the European animal and 745 W for the English speaking animal. Han ----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph B. Reid To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Thursday, 2002-11-21 15:39 Subject: [USMA:23530] Re: Caballos Carlton got things upside down in USMA 23528. He wrote: If your car has a 120 kW engine, it has about 160 horsepower or caballos or chevals or pferds or whatever. 160 is bigger than 120. The car appears more powerful. Bigger is better. If you show apples in pounds the price appears lower because a pound is smaller than a kg. Smaller is better. The marketeers know human nature. Carleton If your car has a 120 kW engine, it has 161 hp. Joseph B. Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 Telephone 416-486-6071
