RAC68
Darth Vader
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Hi All,
Has anyone had their Healey’s DYNOed or know for sure what their car’s horsepower actually is? On a recent viewing of Top Gear, a Series 1 XKE and DB5 were featured. It was commented that both manufacturers significantly exaggerated the actual horsepower of their cars and, by today’s measurements, fall within the 100s rather than the mid to high 200s stated.
Although it has always been my opinion that it is the feeling produced when driving my Healey rather than the actual speed (driving 70 MPH feels like I am going well over 100 in my Acura), I have never found that having 150 horsepower (?) in my BJ8 was important. Although most may have slightly modified the operation of their engines in such forms as compression increases, solid state ignitions, hotter coils, etc., the actual horsepower is probably not altered significantly. I would find it interesting to identify a baseline horsepower and the amount of added power (not to mention increases in reliability) some of these modifications do actually contribute.
All the best,
Ray (64BJ8P1)
Has anyone had their Healey’s DYNOed or know for sure what their car’s horsepower actually is? On a recent viewing of Top Gear, a Series 1 XKE and DB5 were featured. It was commented that both manufacturers significantly exaggerated the actual horsepower of their cars and, by today’s measurements, fall within the 100s rather than the mid to high 200s stated.
Although it has always been my opinion that it is the feeling produced when driving my Healey rather than the actual speed (driving 70 MPH feels like I am going well over 100 in my Acura), I have never found that having 150 horsepower (?) in my BJ8 was important. Although most may have slightly modified the operation of their engines in such forms as compression increases, solid state ignitions, hotter coils, etc., the actual horsepower is probably not altered significantly. I would find it interesting to identify a baseline horsepower and the amount of added power (not to mention increases in reliability) some of these modifications do actually contribute.
All the best,
Ray (64BJ8P1)