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  2. Horsepower - Wikipedia

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    indicated or gross horsepower is the theoretical capability of the engine [PLAN/ 33000]; brake/net/crankshaft horsepower (power delivered directly to and measured at the engine's crankshaft) equals indicated horsepower minus frictional losses within the engine (bearing drag, rod and crankshaft windage losses, oil film drag, etc.);

  3. Chevrolet small-block engine (first- and second-generation)

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    A high-performance 327 cu in (5.4 L) variant followed, turning out as much as 375 hp (280 kW) (SAE gross power, not SAE net power or the current SAE certified power values) and raising horsepower per cubic inch to 1.15 hp (0.86 kW). From 1954 to 1974, the small-block engine was known as the "Turbo-Fire" or "High Torque" V8.

  4. Holden V8 engine - Wikipedia

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    The HT-HQ advertised power figures for the 253 and 308 were respectively: 185 hp and 240 hp. The SAE Gross figures for these engines was 175 hp and 227 hp. GMH Technical and Engineering literature shows these revised power figures for HJ but it took a while for it to appear in Sales literature - LX Torana release information shows the 4.2L as ...

  5. Units of energy - Wikipedia

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    The British imperial units and U.S. customary units for both energy and work include the foot-pound force (1.3558 J), the British thermal unit (BTU) which has various values in the region of 1055 J, the horsepower-hour (2.6845 MJ), and the gasoline gallon equivalent (about 120 MJ). Log-base-10 of the ratios between various measures of energy

  6. Cadillac V8 engine - Wikipedia

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    At its introduction it was rated at 400 hp (298 kW), SAE gross, and 550 lb⋅ft (746 N⋅m) of torque. For 1971, compression was reduced from 10.0:1 to 8.5:1, the lowered compression ratio dropped the 500's gross output from 400 bhp (298 kW) to 365 bhp (272 kW), or 235 hp (175 kW) in the new SAE net ratings.

  7. Jaguar XK engine - Wikipedia

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    The 1965 4.2 XK fitted to the carburetted E-Type had a listed output of 265 hp (198 kW) SAE gross; the 1986 fuel injected 4.2 XK fitted to the series 3 XJ6 was listed at 202 hp (151 kW) DIN net. [ citation needed ] Variables such as compression ratio, cam lifts and durations, and fuel consumption rate for each engine during testing would, at a ...

  8. Ford small block engine - Wikipedia

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    It was initially rated (SAE gross) at 250 hp (186 kW) with a two-barrel carburetor (referred to as "2V" in engine designations) or 290 hp (216 kW) with a four-barrel (designated "4V"). Emissions compliance led to a compression drop in 1971, and when Ford switched to net power ratings in 1972 power ratings had fallen to 153 to 161 hp (114 to 120 ...

  9. Oldsmobile V8 engine - Wikipedia

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    It produced 110 hp (82 kW) net and 205 lb⋅ft (278 N⋅m). SAE gross power was 150 hp. [20] The 260 V8 received VIN code "F" and had a sales code of LV8. [20] This was the first engine to use the smaller Rochester Dualjet two-barrel carburetor, the only carburetor used on the 260.