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Old 08-21-2008, 12:12 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Re: Caranddriver: More on the GT-R's real horsepower

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Loss for a conventional automatic is ~20%. Loss for a conventional manual or a DCT/DSG/AMT transmission is around 10-15%, which would put it right around 480hp.
Car and Driver got 420 wheel HP out of a production car. Assuming 20% loss....the flywheel horsepower is still substantially more than 480 hp rating. By my calculations it's ~526 hp at the flywheel. 526 x .20 (or 20%) is 105.4 HP lost. 526 - 105.4 hp = 420.8 HP at the wheels.

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So what happened to those cars with a 12+sec time? More recent examples are on average low 12 to high 11 and not the mid 11 that we were previously seeing.
11.6 sec and 120 mph trap speed isn't fast enough?
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