Metric/US horsepower?

[Malcolm Robb, LC 0112G]

Most (all ?) European cars are now rated in PS, including all the British 
sold GM cars (Vauxhalls). I wasn't aware that it was different to the US 
BHP, but I'm not surprised. A lot of things got screwed up when we 
graciously granted the colonies independence :) Gallons, Miles, Beer to 
name just a few :)

Stick with the US BHP on this list - it's only 1.3% in error, and the dyno 
probably isn't that accurate anyway, not to menton tolerances between 
engines.

Malcolm Robb, LC 0112G

-----Original Message-----
From:	Jared Ryan [SMTP:JaredRyan at CompuServe.com]
Sent:	Tuesday, July 17, 2001 3:17 PM
To:	Blind.Copy.Receiver at CompuServe.com
Subject:	Metric/US horsepower?

 > What I use for HP is the 745.7W conversion.  The other one that you see
is usually denoted "PS".

Hmmm.  The only time I have seen this was in German literature, and it
stood for "Pferdestaerke," which means "horsepower."  In this case it's the
metric derivation of horsepower.  It'd be strange if the British used that
notation, but it sounds like that's what it is.
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