So Jim, am I correct in thinking that your numbers are actual rear wheel
horsepower? I've always thought the van put about 75 horsepower to the road.

On 4/12/06, Bostig Eng. <syncrolist@bostig.com> wrote:
>
> The tricky part is this... even though David might have dyno results,
> comparing them side by side to ours isn't really useful unless they were
> on
> the very same dyno, and if you're a stickler on the same day (for similar
> conidtions). (So David get down here for a visist! and show us your tdi!!)
> For instance the GoWesty hp/dyno numbers are calculated flywheel numbers
> taken from a Dynapack dyno... these aren't comparable to the dynojet
> numbers that we have for instance (they will read higher than the dynojet
> esp since they remove the wheels/tires to run it then backcalculate the
> flywheel hp). I'm writing an article for our website explaining this in
> detail, and showing some calculations to bring some of the results into a
> normalized form for comparision, and so that vanagon folks will have a
> much
> better handle on how to read published/advertised power numbers.
>
> Jim Akiba
>
> At 10:49 AM 4/12/2006, Alistair Bell wrote:
> >That's great! lets see those dyno results you've generated and we can
> >compare them with what Bostig published.
> >
> >Alistair
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On 12-Apr-06, at 7:10 AM, David Marshall wrote:
> >
> >I'm sorry... didn't see the torque *way* down there.  I'm too used to
> >seeing
> >the torque from a TDI!  ;-)
> >
> >David Marshall
> >
>
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