re: Car Horsepower is Wild

For electric the bragging rights will go to range. Because f waiting hours to recharge, and batteries that do not last.

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Volvo S60 Recharge is pulling 400+ HP on a 4 cylinder.

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The Lancia Delta S4 group B rally car had a 1.7l 4 cylinder that could output 500 horsepower. With further tuning it could go as high as 1000 HP. It had a supercharger and turbocharger plus it had a body and frame that weighed less than a ton.

Sadly as a result, driver Henri Toivonen lost control of his Delta S4 in 1986 killing him and his co-driver in a fireball that only left the frame of the car.

331 mph

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You couldnt put a 1000 hp industrial motor in the back of a HD pickup truck...

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Physically smaller motors generally get hotter to make the same h.p. as the bigger brothers. Batteries get hotter too. Everything has it's limits.

Let’s do it sometime this fall, I’ll catch you when LSU is playing at home. Give me an email address brother.

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Funny thing is a 255HP Vortec in a late 90's Chevy C/K feels quicker around town than most of these new trucks as you don't have to rev it to get the power. Torque right off idle.

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Came here to say this. I wonder if they are measuring hp differently now? My 381 hp Tundra feels no faster than my 255hp 1997 Tahoe. My buddy’s 1998 Camaro with 305hp felt way more powerful than a 300hp car today.

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Came here to say this. I wonder if they are measuring hp differently now? My 381 hp Tundra feels no faster than my 255hp 1997 Tahoe. My buddy’s 1998 Camaro with 305hp felt way more powerful than a 300hp car today.

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It's the low end torque. New vehicles generally don't have it. It was very noticeable, and a number of people complained, when GM went with the LS 5.3 in the Silverado versus the previous small block 5.7. The LS put out more horsepower but didn't have the low rpm torque of the older engine. Going from memory but peak torque is around 4000 RPM with the 5.3 while the older 5.7 was closer to 2500. Very noticeable around town and most people don't ram rod the hell out of their trucks so the old engine felt more powerful. If you wound them out the 5.3 put out more power but was over 5k rpm.

I'm sure if you floor it and let it wind out the 381HP of your newer truck would then be noticed. Most people don't drive their truck like that though.

Your buddy's 305hp Camaro has a 5.7 V8 which has way more torque than a new 300HP 3.6 V6. Same idea. Without a turbo a smaller engine generally will not put out the torque of a big engine. They make the HP by revving higher. HP is calculated with RPM being a factor.

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My vehicle has over 400 hp and its pretty slow.

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It's what?

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Not exactly. It's torque management.

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No. As I described it, it is exactly a lack of low end torque.

You're not into torque management driving around town like a normal person.

The facts are a 5.3 LS puts it's power out at a much higher RPM than a 255HP 5.7 Vortec from the late 90's.

eta-I know exactly what torque management does. It prevented me from pulling a friend out of the ditch with my Avalanche even in low range. Foot on the floor and it just sat there against the converter. Not a bit of wheelslip.

And it wouldn't do a burnout. My 2000 Silverado would burn the tires off.

Move those goalposts dude.

I was never talking about a VVT 5.3. Meanwhile you look up a non Vortec 5.7.