Power to weight ratio of your car?

rG-tom · 7 Oct 2011 at 19:41

2007 BMW 335D M Sport Coupe: 182bhp/tonne now (1570kg 286bhp), will be 223bhp/tonne (350bhp) after remap! That should put me into the lead on bhp/tonne for a diesel? Also, 446nm per tonne (1570kg 700nm) of torque should probably put me into the lead on a torque to weight basis full stop?

g_tripwood · 10 Oct 2011 at 16:04

89 for me...

2.0 TDI PD 140 Skoda Octavia
1560kg kerb weight

Perywinkle · 13 Oct 2011 at 21:09

Perywinkle said:
155 bhp 434kg with half a tank of fuel = 357.14 bhp/ton

As soon as it's through IVA it's being treated to a turbo

Update* got a set of race cams in now, and with a bit of tweaking is now making 169 bhp, still 434kg too

so 389 bhp/ton

Flukester · 15 Oct 2011 at 08:16

Civic Type R EP3

1204kg
197bhp

164bhp per ton

God cars are slow

ChrisGTL · 17 Oct 2011 at 11:59

Leon Cupra R BAM

Parkers weight 1376kg
Flywheel HP 256

186HP/Ton

Gaygle · 17 Oct 2011 at 13:03

BMW 335i

Weight: 1600kg
Power: 320bhp
Power to weight: 200bhp/tonne

LizardKing · 21 Oct 2011 at 21:06

LizardKing said:
Mitsubishi GTO MR ~1690kg 300bhp - 177bhp/ton

I'm amazed how Mitsubishi managed to make the GTO/3000gt so heavy

My calculations were out.

The MR weighs in at 1620kg and makes 310bhp, puts it at 195bhp/ton.

[TW]Fox · 21 Oct 2011 at 21:20

Gaygle said:
BMW 335i

Weight: 1600kg
Power: 320bhp
Power to weight: 200bhp/tonne

Didnt you learn from me?

How come its 320bhp?

Flukester · 22 Oct 2011 at 19:50

rG-tom said:
torque to weight basis full stop?

torque to weight, whats that all about :confused:

pointless stat is pointless as torque is no indication of engine power as it doesn't take rpm into consideration

[TW]Fox · 22 Oct 2011 at 20:49

Flukester said:
torque to weight, whats that all about

Diesel owners spout it to make themselves feel superior.

paradigm · 26 Oct 2011 at 08:42

ChrisGTL said:
Leon Cupra R BAM

Parkers weight 1376kg
Flywheel HP 256

186HP/Ton

Slightly more on mine according to the last RR session it went on, 262 at the fly.

190BHP/Tonne.

The A6 is a bit down on that

237BHP at the flywheel, 1590KG.

150BHP/Tonne.

Still, it's brisk enough, and it was an impressive remap, up from 170PS, thank you Audi for making the 170PS variant EXACTLY the same engine and ancillaries as the 200PS version

khare · 27 Oct 2011 at 16:30

VW Golf MK3 16v - 153.37BHP/tonne (160hp - 1060kg)

alexisonfire · 27 Oct 2011 at 18:57

dave_beast said:
Citroën DS3 - 215bhp - 185bhp/tonne

215bhp @ 1160kg and 235lb/ft torque
Goes like stink!

Was wondering why one of these pulled away from me the other day! Roughly the same bhp/tonne but almost 100lb/ft torque more!

mjt · 27 Oct 2011 at 19:22

MCS engine and looks the part.
Shame about the interior materials though

cloudy · 31 Oct 2011 at 09:29

Car: Warner R4

Weight: 320kg
Power: 175bhp

546bhp/ton :cool:

NathWraith · 31 Oct 2011 at 10:08

dave_beast said:
Citroën DS3 - 215bhp - 185bhp/tonne

215bhp @ 1160kg and 235lb/ft torque
Goes like stink!

That must be mapped!?

rG-tom · 1 Nov 2011 at 14:08

Flukester said:
torque to weight, whats that all about

pointless stat is pointless as torque is no indication of engine power as it doesn't take rpm into consideration

[TW]Fox;20373913 said:
Diesel owners spout it to make themselves feel superior.

this

dave_beast · 1 Nov 2011 at 14:13

NathWraith said:
That must be mapped!?

Yes, with a larger turbo, cold air feed and intake

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NathWraith · 1 Nov 2011 at 14:27

That is sweet man, always thought the non racing DS3 needed to have more go. You don't have a problem there

Saw a white one the other day with black alloys and roof. Looked pretty swish.

dave_beast · 1 Nov 2011 at 14:36

Cheers, best small car i've ever owned by a long way