Power to weight ratio of your car?

[Freefaller]

Just sold the Lupo and went up slightly in the power:weight stakes...

2004 Nissan 350Z:

1450kg
287 bhp

= 197 bhp/tonne

Nice! From my rolling road figures:

2006 350Z (DE 287bhp)

1450kg
293bhp

I just breach the 200bhp/tonne with: 202.7!

After my decats and remap I might add another 10 to that if I'm lucky...

 

[Scania]

Been driving a rather smart 730BHP Scania recently, pulling a regular 13m tri- axle trailer I'm upto the dizzy heights of 16.59BHP/Ton @ 44tons.

But below 10BHP/Ton @ 78t abnormal loads, which is what it's primarily used for!


So, no overall improvement then!

 

[godinman]

How much does just the tractor unit weigh?

 

[Scania]

How much does just the tractor unit weigh?

About 8tons.

91BHP/ton, much more respectable.

It's the 3500nm of torque that counts with this thing mind you!

 

[bazzabear]

Alfa 156 GTA.

I'm not 100% on the weight, but I think it's sitting at 167bhp/tonne.

 

[Skywalker]

Evo X

415/1.56 = 266bhp per ton

 

[Will]

Modified Mk3 MX5

1125Kg I believe (with hardtop off)
178bhp

= 158bhp per ton I think?

 

[Freefaller]

Sounds about right Will.

My mx5 was around 220 per tonne

 

[Mr Marram]

Mini John Cooper Works.

1160kg and 225bhp, so 193bhp/ton.
Possibly going up soon with a new intercooler and stage 2 remap.

 

[Akagi]

Polo 9N 1.2

1100KG

53.6HP

48.7 BHP/Tonne



(Same as the 50 BHP/Tonne one already near the bottom of the list - the actual output of the "55HP" Polo's is 53.6HP.)

 

[tl45]

2010 Focus ST-3 with various upgrades - ballpark figure for weight and power as it's not been weighed or run on a dyno.

Power 320 bhp

Weight 1400Kg

228bhp/tonne or so.

 

[Dead Dog]

Cut a load of weight out of the beetle, and tbh must have estimated the weight before as was weighed at 787kgs actually making it 264.3 bhp/t (sorry)
But..
Car is now 712.5 kgs so is 291.9 bhp/t

Also I'll update again soon, as I'm doing some mods to the engine, which should up its bhp considerably

 

[RedvGreen]

BMW 330D xDrive

Manufacturer claims...
Weight: 1685kg
Power: 258BHP

Soo... 153BHP/ton

Not that impressive really, luckily the performance comes from the torque, 4WD and gearing.

 

[lordrobs]

MX5 - 130hp 1020kg - PW:127 hp/ton. About the same as my Octavia was as standard yet it feels much slower due to the power delivery.

 

[PMKeates]

BMW 330D xDrive

Manufacturer claims...
Weight: 1685kg
Power: 258BHP

Soo... 153BHP/ton

Not that impressive really, luckily the performance comes from the torque, 4WD and gearing.

The performance in every vehicle comes from the torque and the gearing?

 

[RedvGreen]

The performance in every vehicle comes from the torque and the gearing?

Unsure if you're being sarcastic or otherwise?

Performance comes from many factors, so a willy-waving BHP/ton is pretty moot unless you somehow develop some way to represent gearing, torque, drive systems etc.

Oh wait, we do, it's called 0-60 times

 

[NoNameNoNumber]

Mini Cooper S 163/1.215

134BHP/Ton

Vw Beetle (aircooled) 96/0.82

117BHP/Ton

 

[megakid]

Aston Martin DB9 - 263Bhp/Ton

Heading up to 300Bhp/Ton with some engine mods soon

 

[Skilid]

Mazda 3 MPS

300bhp
1460kg

~205bhp/tonne

 

[Gibbo]

Hi there

Not sure latest update, but figures to be confirmed but looking at:-

385BHP
1300kg

296BHP per tonne. E46 M3 Road/Track car!