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05-20-2011, 10:32 AM
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Engine dynos tend to be much more ‘truthful’ than chassis dynos.
And now for your semiusless trivia fact of the day –
The average horse can put out about 2hp. The term ‘horsepower’ was defined by Robert Louis Stevenson as a method of rating steam engines. Since steam engines were competing with horses it was a benefit to ‘derate’ the power of the horse to make the steam engine look better. In reality a good size horse can put out almost 15 peak horsepower!
And now for your semiusless trivia fact of the day –
The average horse can put out about 2hp. The term ‘horsepower’ was defined by Robert Louis Stevenson as a method of rating steam engines. Since steam engines were competing with horses it was a benefit to ‘derate’ the power of the horse to make the steam engine look better. In reality a good size horse can put out almost 15 peak horsepower!
05-21-2011, 08:30 AM
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Engine dynos tend to be much more ‘truthful’ than chassis dynos.
And now for your semiusless trivia fact of the day –
The average horse can put out about 2hp. The term ‘horsepower’ was defined by Robert Louis Stevenson as a method of rating steam engines. Since steam engines were competing with horses it was a benefit to ‘derate’ the power of the horse to make the steam engine look better. In reality a good size horse can put out almost 15 peak horsepower!
And now for your semiusless trivia fact of the day –
The average horse can put out about 2hp. The term ‘horsepower’ was defined by Robert Louis Stevenson as a method of rating steam engines. Since steam engines were competing with horses it was a benefit to ‘derate’ the power of the horse to make the steam engine look better. In reality a good size horse can put out almost 15 peak horsepower!
05-21-2011, 09:19 AM
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When you consider the acceleration of a race horse with a jockey it actually makes sense!
