Mongo
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I know that this has probably been brought up before but just can't find it. What is the difference between bHP and HP? What does the "b" stand for? Is 4.8bHP the same as 4.8HP?
That may be the origin of the expression bhp, but the results can be published in any unit the test lab or marketing people chooses anyway.....Chris11 said:... Only a test on a brake (resulting in bHP) will really tell.
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If that is the case, it has to be an extreme worst case scenario, as the dyno tests performed by KWF/DLG usually are either the same as the "factory" ones, or just .1 kW off (either way). I remember one test report were it was .2 kW off.Chris11 said:And keep in mind that production scatter is at least +/-10% on horsepower. ...
SawTroll said:Not exactly.
I think the numbers are 1.0 kW = 1.34 bhp = 1.37 hp, or something very close to that.
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I think the "b" stands for "brake", and that bhp is a unit mainly used in the US.
musher said:I wonder if they're just trying to signify "not metric horsepower" and someone thought the b in front of hp stood for British horsepower (english units vs metric).[/INDENT]
rivahrat said:A unit of power in the U.S. Customary System, equal to 745.7 watts or 33,000 foot-pounds per minute.
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