jamesoz – Member
424 bhp
Car 300bhp 1986 951
Van 124bhp 2016 transit
Lawnmower never bloody starts.

I forgot some others
Astra 83bhp
Ranger 77bhp
5 chainsaws of varying size

Looks like we can break 1100bhp but only with the sheer volume of vehicles we have! 1102bhp for us:

My car (Mazda CX-7) 260
Wife’s car (Merc SLK) 202
Daughters car (Fiesta) 125
Spare Car (Honda Jazz) 88
Motorhome (Transit 2.4) 140
Bike 1 (Honda CBF1000GT) 100
Bike 2 (Honda CBR600R) 110
Bike 3 (Gas Gas Pampera) 20
Bike 4 (Honda XBR500) 44
Bike 5 (Aprilia RS50) 8
Generator (Honda 20ui) 5

b r
who’s car on this thread is fastest? Any stats?

0-60 in 4.7 seconds any good?

Nope, you’re gonna have to try harder…. 😉

ebike 250 Watts

Just 0.33 horsepower
A lot more powerful than ‘sustainable’ pedal power though!

I’ve got a mug in the cupboard with 265bhp.

It’s chipped.

Toy car 420 ( 4.2 to 60 coincidence?)
Company car 205
Old works estate 184
Van 50?
Chainsaw 2
Strimmer. 2
Legs 0.25

960 ish all in

maxtorque – Member
We’ve just got a new hoover, it’s 1400W, that very nearly 2 horsepower! In a hoover! No wonder the world is so energy hungry!

(Cars: i3 170bhp, 335 300bhp,
Seat 600 odd, so call it 1072 for the family when we are hoovering…..

I’m just going to pop this link in here, well, just for the awesomeness, I remember reading this thread a long while back…

Max’s Seat

My 1989 mr2 turbo, 397bhp. Used to run 12.1 sec 1/4 mile @125mph. Haven’t raced it for years though.
Vw t5 102bhp
Peugeot 307 hdi 110bhp
Wife’s rav4 150bhp I think.

Peugeot gets used most as it’s just a crap car I can leave anywhere and not worry about. Mr2 is hardly ever used, maybe couple of times a year and van is just used when I’m out on somewhere on the bike.

191.6. 190 from the diesel engine in the car, 1.6 from me (for about 5 seconds…)

Just the numbers and no willy waving..
Car 90
Van 135
Lawnmower 3.5
Legs – a lot less today then yesterday

Surely, we need to do average family power to weight?

We’ll do without driver / passenger to avoid us all having to lie about our weight….. Even though that gives the 2wheeled organ donors an unfair advantage 😆

i3: 170/1,195 = 7.03 kg/bhp
335: 303/1,720 = 5.68 kg/bhp
Ibitza: 627/842 = 1.34 kg/bhp

For an average of 4.68 kg for every horse to move around

Car, 140
Van, 90
Lawnmowers (x2) 5?
Chainsaw, 1.6
Sthil cutter, 4
Wacker plate, 4.
Moki 210 model aircraft engine, 4.5 (yeah baby! :-)) )
Various other model engines 10
Legs, not a fat lot atm.

630 total

Evo 398bhp
Van 70bhp
Beetle 54bhp
Xr3i 108bhp
Legs – probably not worth bothering with!

‘Kin ‘ell Max, that ‘Seat’ is AWESOME! Hats off.

maxtorque – Member
b r
who’s car on this thread is fastest? Any stats?
0-60 in 4.7 seconds any good?

Nope, you’re gonna have to try harder….

Ibitza got to be low 3’s to 60 on good track tyres?

Oh and when are you going to finish it??????

maxtorque – Member
Ibitza: 627/842 = 1.34 kg/bhp

😀

Sounds good for a QBRT

During some basic cal work at Millbrook two years ago, since which it hasn’t really moved due to work commitments ;-( i recorded 2.46 sec to 60 on warm slicks, and 4.86 to 100…….. (it won’t do 125mph on the currently gearing)

LOL!

Land Rover – 165
Jaag – 240
Chainsaws, strimmers etc. = 15?
Corrado – 160, but it’s not running
Golf – 90, as above
944 – 165, as above
I’m also presently broken.
Erm.. washing machine – 1/8

So I’ve got as much bhp laying about that I can’t use than that which I can, that’s wrong.

420 useable / 415 unuseable. I won’t count the washing machine..

As per the first page of thread

Mk2 Golf 192bhp and 962kg = 5kg per BHP or 200bhp/metric ton
VW Caddy 148bhp and 1501kg = 10.14kg per BHP or 99bhp/metric ton
Scott E-Genuis .8bhp and 22kg = 27.5kg per BHP or 36bhp/metric ton

The Scott is still the best fun 😀

Autosnout has loads of info for geeks

maxtorque – Member
During some basic cal work at Millbrook two years ago, since which it hasn’t really moved due to work commitments ;-( i recorded 2.46 sec to 60 on warm slicks, and 4.86 to 100…….. (it won’t do 125mph on the currently gearing)

2.46. That’s really quite quick and sub 5 to 100 is bonkers!!!!

It does 63mph in 1st, and just 115 in 6th! Basically feels like a whole box full of second gears…. 😉

That’s really quite a close ratio box! I followed your Seat’s build thread. It’s bloody fantastic, would love to have a look over it if it ever makes it out of the garage!

Car – 115HP
Van – 120HP
Boiler – 20 KW = 26 HP
2x Lawnmowers – About 5HP ?
Mountain bike – 0.2 HP average on a good day

I’d love to see some pics / vids – any chance?

Me,

Touareg 245bhp
125d 225bhp
John Deer ride on mower 18bhp
Chain saw .25bhp?
Leaf blower .25bhp?
Hedge cutter .25bhp?
A horse (Apollo) 1hp

So 471.75bhp ish

@maxtorque that Seat is fabulous – is it running now? – I’ve read through the PH thread before.

MrsG tells me I’ve reach n=max not n+1 for cars and even more seriously bikes!!

maxtorque – Member
During some basic cal work at Millbrook two years ago, since which it hasn’t really moved due to work commitments ;-( i recorded 2.46 sec to 60 on warm slicks, and 4.86 to 100…….. (it won’t do 125mph on the currently gearing)

Jeez! A neck snapper! Is it road legal?

My car 515bhp although according to this it’s more like 575bhp and does 0-60 in 3.5!
Wifey’s car 309bhp
Mower 4bhp
Strimmer 0.5bhp

That Seat is very cool!

Bikes are always good on paper – under 3s to 60, but all litre superbikes are rapid! Over 900bhp per ton, big impact when you’re sitting on it though…

Car is nearly 3 times as slow to 60, power to weight will be MUCH lower. Slightly more power but it’s a big lardy German estate. Much comfort than generally more practical.

It’s definitely not all about power

I’m sorry…….. “**** your Mitsubishi, I got a horse outside…….

That Seat is very cool!

The thread’s worth reading. Who’d of known there were geniuses among us?

450 in total. 270 in the boxter and 180 in the saab v6

No lawnmower

C.max 100
Fiesta 85
MG midget 85 (maybe? Who knows)
Lawnmower, strimmer, 4 each?

180, which doesn’t seem much considering how much time gets spent on them!

I’ve got 10 F1 cars, so about 9000bhp.

Do I win? 😉

@NW Alps, only with photos (please) …

nothing german here. :-O

just mildly breathed on supermarket car park cars

mondeo tdci 170bhp (130 standard)
fiesta st 165 bhp (148 standard)
saxo VTS 135 bhp (120 standard)

470 bhp.

not just about horses though, the mondeo has bags of torque which makes it real easy to drive. the chav saxo is stripped out for track use and weighs around 860kg (935 as standard) so its little 135bhp suddenly becomes adequate.

Some actual horses here. Thing is though, a horse’s strength will vary so what is the actual benchmark of a horse power and how do you compare your horse against 1 hp?

deadkenny – Member
Some actual horses here. Thing is though, a horse’s strength will vary so what is the actual benchmark of a horse power and how do you compare your horse against 1 hp?

Good question! I recall the term came from someone working out how much work a shire horse could do in a day and using that as a benchmark so suspect most shetlands are under-delivering!