[DML] Re: Performance Engine

["twinenginedmc12" <twinenginedmc12@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dan.

Thanks for the information.  I was not aware that UK still uses brake
horsepower.  Nonetheless, the Delorean engine was specified 130 SAE
net horsepower.   

Rick.



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Daniel Shane <daniel.shane@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi Rick,
> 
> Don¹t forget that the engine was built and tested here in the UK and we
> still use BHP to measure our engine performance.
> 
> Dan
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> On 8/4/05 6:58 pm, "twinenginedmc12" <twinenginedmc12@xxxx>
> 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.
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > 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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> > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Warren Wallingford" <warren@xxxx>
> > wrote:
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> >> > There was a thread last month on the DML, warm and wide, about PRV
> > performance and secrecy. Herewith, DMCH wishes to set its part of the
> > record straight.
> >> > 
> >> > We set about the Performance Engine Project in a straightforward
> > manner....
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