89regattaLX

ok, is it just me or is enyone else sick of the way they rate the power of cars? bhp, wtf is that?!?! it's a bs system. I mean bhp is just the power the engine is putting out, not the car. i think the advertised hp and trq. should be what the tires are putting to the ground not what the engine is putting on the stand. I just think it makes more sense.

Kbush723

BHP is to the ground.. i thought... now im second geussing myself..

91lxstang

uhhh u both just totally screwed my brain up

Kbush723

haha .. well i thought when you aid HP you ment what was rated at the crank.... when you said BHP its what was rated at the ground.. and thats about what i have gone by for many a year..

Ninety5five0

Ya know i never really knew what bhp meant either, everytime i read it somehwere i just kindof skipped over thinkin i knew what it meant..... What does it really mean ?

89regattaLX

let me clarify this...my car (89 LX 5.0)has 225bhp but it's only got about 190rwhp...bhp=crank rwhp=to the ground

redmustang83596

i thought bhp stood for brake horse power, which meant to the ground... im not totally sure tho..

Mac93

bhp=brake horsepower (same thing as crank). Manufacturers rate engines at a specific bhp because they often use the same engine in different cars and they would have very different whp (wheel hp) numbers for the same engine.

89regattaLX

exactly my point...they should rate the car, not the engine.

Mac93

It makes the car sound faster to non-enthusiasts if you say it has 225bhp vs. 190whp.