Horsepower losses

[Duane Reed]

don't get on your high hourse yet (as i rember) toyota is notorius for there
transmitions eating lots more horse power
    data point toyota rated there 92 pick up with the v-6 at 180 hp but many
magizines tested rear wheel at only 120?
there supra tranis is running a simular percerentage some thing like 35
percent of horse power just disapears  <<poof>>

Duane Reed

>Here's a data point: the Pontiac Fiero V6 was factory rated at 140 HP.
>Someone I know rear wheel dyno tested his car at about 120 (pitiful)
>HP.  This is a transverse mid-engine RWD setup using a FWD type
>gearbox.  The 140 HP sounds about right for an American port fuel
>injected pushrod 2.8L iron lump.
>
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