Thread: What is your 0 - 60 time on each diesel you own?
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Old 10-10-2009, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by JEBalles View Post
That can't be right. No way you can do 15.7 s with only 89hp. I think the transmission loss is less.

It's the other way actually. If I hadn't entered the 20% loss, it would have come up with 71.2HP at wheels. If transmission loss was say 25%, then engine net bhp would be about 95.

The plot shows peak HP achieved after about 4 sec after which it is steady for 7 sec then starts to drop off as I guess momentum takes over?

Anyone know where we find transmission losses?
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