loss of bhp effect acceleration

[whiltongee]

Hello everyone,

 

Just a quick question. I know there are a few forums about loss of bhp over the years, the same in all cars. I was just curious to if anyone knows, how much the loss in bhp would effect acceleration in a Zed?

[Ekona]

Depends on the amount of bhp lost.

 

1 bhp lost - Naff all.

10 bhp lost - A bit.

100 bhp lost - A lot.

[ZMANALEX]

What he said: ^^^

[whiltongee]

I need to get it on a dyno to see, but I am too nervous of the outcome I prefer to think of it as the 276 she once was haha

[GMballistic]

I need to get it on a dyno to see, but I am too nervous of the outcome I prefer to think of it as the 276 she once was haha

Very unlikely ~ from what I've heard some cars, not just Zeds, don't even have the quoted power when they're new.

[Scott TMN]

My car rolled 275.6bhp the other day, engine bay is untouched

 

 

 

[Peak 370]

Some turbo diesels are under-quoted by the factory, some turbo petrols are the same. This is mainly for insurance purposes, as they don't want their cars to be only insurable by those who have already chosen what flowers and songs they want at their funeral next year.

My Megane 175 (bhp) DCi had 186 bhp and was 20 lbs-ft up on claimed figures.

 

Some n/a cars seem to be less powerful than claimed. My S2000 had way under the 240 bhp Honda said.

As did my R32 Golf.

Edited June 26, 2014 by Peak 370

[AliveBoy]

Some turbo diesels are under-quoted by the factory, some turbo petrols are the same. This is mainly for insurance purposes, as they don't want their cars to be only insurable by those who have already chosen what flowers and songs they want at their funeral next year.

My Megane 175 (bhp) DCi had 186 bhp and was 20 lbs-ft up on claimed figures.

 

Some n/a cars seem to be less powerful than claimed. My S2000 had way under the 240 bhp Honda said.

As did my R32 Golf.

 

The R32-34 gtr's were an example of down rating the awesome power they actually had!

[whiltongee]

My car rolled 275.6bhp the other day, engine bay is untouched

That is very impressive! What year?

 

Yeah you never know what cars are actually pushing :S

[docwra]

Some turbo diesels are under-quoted by the factory, some turbo petrols are the same. This is mainly for insurance purposes, as they don't want their cars to be only insurable by those who have already chosen what flowers and songs they want at their funeral next year.

My Megane 175 (bhp) DCi had 186 bhp and was 20 lbs-ft up on claimed figures.

 

Some n/a cars seem to be less powerful than claimed. My S2000 had way under the 240 bhp Honda said.

As did my R32 Golf.

 

The R32-34 gtr's were an example of down rating the awesome power they actually had!

 

That was a bit different, the old story was that the japanese had a gentlemans agreement that they would not sell cars that exceeded 280hp, hence the Mk IV Supra, FD RX7, NSX, GTR's, GTO, Evo, 300ZX all being 280hp.

 

The actual reason was that the second class of JGTC, GT300, was limited and all these cars competed in it. The fact that stock RB26DETT's regularly did 320hp @ wheels was overlooked somewhat it seems ..........