Is 8hp right

[Mr.]

http://www.acresinternet.com/cscc.n...0b598c13cb68669088256b62006b3645?OpenDocument

Is this true? can it be?

Fred

I must be missing something.

 

[Mr.]

3.7k Really what is the deal?

Fred

 

[Stumper]

It is a booboo-But the 120 was a hot saw by all accounts. I have the 120si and it is the fastest saw I've ever owned-I own bigger saws but the 120si screams through the cuts

 

[whatsnext]

1hp = .75 Kw so it's closer to 5hp which still sounds pretty peppy.

 

[Mack]

1 hp is roughly 750 watts or .75kw, that would make it about 4.9 hp. Sachs Dolmar sometimes printed some out of sight hp numbers for some of their saws.

 

[whatsnext]

Mack, If we were talking about an Echo chainsaws your post would be perfect.

 

[Mack]

The only Echo's I see, are the one that came from HD and have never seen the right fuel/oil mix. "It ran good for a few minutes, then it just quit", or "Oil? there's oil in the oil tank". At least one or two a week of these. They could have put out 25hp for all I know, I never saw one run.

 

[Stumper]

Acres site has the 120si listed as 4.1 DIN .

 

[SawTroll]

1 hp is roughly 750 watts or .75kw, that would make it about 4.9 hp. Sachs Dolmar sometimes printed some out of sight hp numbers for some of their saws.

The 8 hp is hp SAE, and far from the same thing as the hp/bhp usually discussed today. I have seen the Stihl 090 listed as both 13 and 15 hp, but that was also hp SAE.

3.7 kW = 5.07 hp = 4.96 bhp, or something very close to that.