Skip Kelsey wrote:
> A lot of people are in the dark as to the actual horsepower that a B engine
> puts out. THe Factory advertises 95 HP. This is not true. It actually puts
> out about 79 HP. There is a difference between BHP & SAE HP. Now adays it
> is figured differently.
Agreed, but worth noting that you have to compare apples to
apples. If comparing a modern car to an old LBC, you have to
convert readings, but when comparing old LBCs to other old LBCs,
you have to keep consistent and use bhp.
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Trevor Boicey
Ottawa, Canada
tboicey@brit.ca
http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
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