[Diy_efi] BHP calculations

Perry Harrington pedward at apsoft.com
Tue Jul 30 00:42:27 GMT 2002


Good point.

IIRC, the frictional drag of the tires becomes quite high as well, I would
have to refer back to one of my books to be certain.

--Perry

> 
> Watch it here. You may be better off to plug the aero drag force into the
> spread sheet at the "F" level rather than at the HP level--- The aero drag
> FORCE will vary directly with the air density and with the SQUARE of the
> vehicle speed, whereas, the aero HP will vary with the SQUARE of the air
> density and with the CUBE of the vehicle speed. Humidity affects air
> density at any given barometric pressure (density falls with increasing
> humidity).
> 
> Greg
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Hugh
> 
> 
> 
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