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Brake horsepower (bhp) is the measure of an engine's horsepower without the loss in power caused by the gearbox, generator, differential, water pump and other auxiliaries. Thus the prefix "brake" refers to where the power is measured: at the engine's output shaft, as on an engine dynamometer. The actual horsepower delivered to the driving wheels is less. An engine would have to be retested to obtain a rating in another system. The term "brake" refers to the use of a band brake to measure torque during the test (which is multiplied by the engine speed in revs/sec and the circumference of the band to give the power).
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How much horsepower do Ferrari F1 cars produce?
Ferrari F1 engines generate around a 1000 bhp (Brake Horse Power)
What has horse-power have to do with modern cars?
Or any cars for that matter
What is hp in cars and bikes?
"Hp" is an abbreviated car term meaning horse power. horse power is the strength of the engine
How fast can super cars go?
Depending on the horse power of the engine.
What is meant by brake pads car?
Brake pads are part of the cars disk brakes. There are four different brake pads they are semi-metallic brake pads, organic brake pads, low-metallic NAO brake pads and ceramic brake pads.
How do you determine horse power?
Horse Power, was a unit established when car were first being made. How much horse power a machine has is how fast it can go, realitive to the make or model. When a car goes from zero to sixty its a sign of horse power. It comes from when people were riding around on horse back and cars were just being made. Its mostly used in cars to describe speed realitive to distance, however the same principles apply to planes and trains
What is the horsepower formula?
Horse power describe the unit of power that work is done at. This is most commonly used when talking about cars.
What is horse power in cars?
horse power or hp is the amount of power going to your axels causing a forward motion that's why the 2011 Bugatti veron is the fastest car of 2010 it has an extremely high hp
Why can a car accelerate from 0 to 60 in less than 4 seconds?
Most likely, the motor can not handle the horse power it needs. Some cars are built to achieve that. But they are cars that are built for racing, or they have more horse power than the average family car.
What kind of brake fluid do you need for an 85 cutlass ciera?
A 1985 Cutlass Ciera uses type DOT3 brake fluid. It is the standard type of brake fluid for cars with power brakes.
Why were the first cars called horseless carriage?
The first cars were called "horseless carriages" because there wasn't a horse, instead they were run by their own power.
How did the phrase horse power come about?
as you may know, horses used to be used. One horses power was described as 1 horse power, 2 is two horse power and so on, but as the world progeressed, so did technology and cars have lots of power. Still, things were decribed in horse power. So if youir car has 267 horse power, for example, this means that it would take 267 horses to have that much power that the car has in one car. (Corret me if that is wrong, thank you, hope this helped :)
