Who told the Japanese...

[Vasco]

No, get 3/4 of the hp, and multiply by a third... That's pretty simple, and it's still closter than your method...

 

[Driftster]

Or, you know, since you're probably going to be on a computer while you're viewing these numbers you could always click "Start>Programs>Accessories>Calculator". I personally find it easier to type in numbers than actually think.

 

[Bollocks#999]

mental arithmatic a bit hard for some people here i see
Whatever happened to pencil and paper?

 

[Cobraboy]

Originally posted by Bollocks#999
Whatever happened to pencil and paper?

Get with the times old fella!

 

[Driftster]

Pencil and paper, Hah. Let me get my Abacus, or better yet, my African Counting Stones.

 

[Famine]

Fingers?

 

[Cobraboy]

Originally posted by Famine
Fingers?

Yeah, but that would only be good up to 10Kw... Anything bigger then a Fiat and you'd need more then 10 fingers.

I hope to hell that ving pops along and sees that..

 

[Famine]

Besides which, if you started removing 3/4s of a finger, people would think you're a Yakuza...

 

[Cobraboy]

Not to mention pretty painful as well.

 

[Pupik]

Originally posted by Famine
Anyway, hp is the "Imperial" method. PS (pferdenstarke) is a metrication of that (1PS = 0.986hp). A Watt is the derived SI unit of power (Joules per second).

My German physics professor told me many of the German manufacturers were keen to convert to PS because their cars "suddenly had more power".

Heh.