Power to weight ratio of your car?

279lb/ft, isn't standard though - I got to 269bhp, 262lb/ft on standard turbo. Currently held back by downpipe/exhaust and standard intercooler.
0-60 should be about 5.4s with this power, traction is the issue though...

Still very low power compared to some though - current highest power Coupe in the UK is 583bhp, 492lb/ft - with another 4 above 500bhp! Max reliable power on standard internals 350-360bhp.
 
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Finally got round to weighing the car, and i can confirm my guesstimate was exactly right ( i'm quite impressed by that :p )

177bhp on the dyno
weigh bridge was 1110kg driver + full tank
-121kg (82kg driver, 40kg of petrol)
177/989= 178/tonne :)
 
BMW 125d - Current

218bhp 1465 kg
148 bhp/tonne
0-62 in 6.5 seconds with 450nm torque.

BMW 120d - Previous

177bhp 1440 kg
122 bhp/tonne
0-62 in 7.4 seconds with 350nm torque

Honda Civic 1.6 - Previous

108bhp 1172 kg
92 bhp/tonne
0-62 in 9.9 seconds with 152nm torque

StevenG
 
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Since my Impreza's engine finally let go on a recent trackday I've gone from owning a car with approx 260bhp/ton to this:

Seat Leon 1.8T 20V Sport

Kerb Weight: 1322kg

BHP: 180

(1000/1322) * 180 = 136bhp/ton

Basically half of what my Impreza had, very depressing for me :(
 
Toyota Hilux pick up - fibre glass bed and wings giving a weight of about 1.2 tonnes. Hand built V8 300 at flywheel - 250/ton. Pretty interesting for something as aerodynamic as a garden shed lol
 
New car:

Volvo V50 D5

180/1545*1000 = 115 HP/ton

15-20 more HP/ton than I had before, so a small if modest increase.

If I chipped it (insurance is 1.5x more so I'll leave that for a while)

~205/1545*1000 = 132hp/ton
 
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Corsa VXR

146 BHP/Tonne
147 Torque ftlb/tone

*I do not know the true figure, this is just from the book figures. My car outputs more because of the work done on it but I do not know the exact numbers, so use the company standard.
 
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