Re: [DMCForum] DMCH performance engine specifications

[DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxxxxxxx>]

Could you please repost that to the DML, i am curios if they would even 
let it through Rick. I would like to see DMCH's response to this.

Maybe the net hp on their engine could really be around 150 then?

Mark V



On Apr 8, 2005, at 12:59 PM, twinenginedmc12 wrote:

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> I'm sure the DMCH performance engine is a fine engine, but it should
> be noted that the power specification they publish does not
> accurately compare to the stock specification.
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> The OEM stock engine was rated 130 hp "NET", by law, which means the
> reading is taken with all accessories like water pump, alternator,
> air conditioning, intake, exhaust, etc, connected.
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> The DMCH performance engine is rated 197 hp "BRAKE", meaning the
> reading is taken with no accessories connected.  There doesn't even
> have to be coolant in the passages.  In the nineteen seventies, the
> Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) abandoned specifying brake
> horsepower (BHP), because it does not accurately reflect the power
> available to move the car.
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> Unless Delorean in Houston starts specifying their performance engine
> in NET horsepower, it's not possible to intelligently compare the two
> engines.  I consider DMCH specifying their horsepower in BHP either
> misguided, or somewhat deceptive, depending on their motives, in that
> it leads people to believe the performance engine is more powerful
> than it is.  This is precisely why the SAE stopped specifying power
> this way.
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> Rick Gendreau 11472
> twin engine Delorean, 560 brake horsepower, 450 net horsepower, Gosh,
> what a fun car.
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