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<blockquote data-quote="john11gt" data-source="post: 16310235" data-attributes="member: 150071"><p><a href="https://www.motortrend.com/news/2020-chevrolet-corvette-c8-power-dyno?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-motortrend&utm_content=later-3622233&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram" target="_blank">Dyno Test: How Much Power Does the 2020 Corvette C8 Really Make? - Motor Trend</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>“</p><p>The double-paned windows are not enough to keep the engine note from reaching other parts of the facility. The speedometer on the screen reads 150 mph, but the front wheels are not moving at all. Once the engine noise winds down and the wheels stop spinning, the numbers we're looking for pop up on the screen—558 hp and 515 lb-ft of torque at the wheels. "We've got a hot rod!" says international bureau chief Angus MacKenzie, who has been standing next to me all this time.</p><p></p><p>We're in shock. A quick math check reveals that's an estimated 656 hp and 606 lb-ft of torque at the crank if we assume a 15-percent drivetrain loss—way over the 495 hp and 470 lb-ft that <a href="https://www.motortrend.com/cars/chevrolet/" target="_blank">Chevy</a> claims. (That 15 percent represents the power consumed by everything between the engine crankshaft and the drive wheels, including inertia of all the spinning parts, power to run the hydraulic pump in an automatic or twin-clutch transmission, the drag that occurs when gears spin through lubricating oil, friction between the gear teeth, etc. It's an educated guestimate frequently used across the industry for modern light-duty automatic transmissions—manuals experience slightly smaller losses; older or heavier-duty automatics slightly larger ones.)”</p><p></p><p>I wonder if it’s underrated because of insurance reasons again like back in the day or if it’s to troll the other manufacturers?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="john11gt, post: 16310235, member: 150071"] [URL="https://www.motortrend.com/news/2020-chevrolet-corvette-c8-power-dyno?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-motortrend&utm_content=later-3622233&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram"]Dyno Test: How Much Power Does the 2020 Corvette C8 Really Make? - Motor Trend[/URL] “ The double-paned windows are not enough to keep the engine note from reaching other parts of the facility. The speedometer on the screen reads 150 mph, but the front wheels are not moving at all. Once the engine noise winds down and the wheels stop spinning, the numbers we're looking for pop up on the screen—558 hp and 515 lb-ft of torque at the wheels. "We've got a hot rod!" says international bureau chief Angus MacKenzie, who has been standing next to me all this time. We're in shock. A quick math check reveals that's an estimated 656 hp and 606 lb-ft of torque at the crank if we assume a 15-percent drivetrain loss—way over the 495 hp and 470 lb-ft that [URL='https://www.motortrend.com/cars/chevrolet/']Chevy[/URL] claims. (That 15 percent represents the power consumed by everything between the engine crankshaft and the drive wheels, including inertia of all the spinning parts, power to run the hydraulic pump in an automatic or twin-clutch transmission, the drag that occurs when gears spin through lubricating oil, friction between the gear teeth, etc. It's an educated guestimate frequently used across the industry for modern light-duty automatic transmissions—manuals experience slightly smaller losses; older or heavier-duty automatics slightly larger ones.)” I wonder if it’s underrated because of insurance reasons again like back in the day or if it’s to troll the other manufacturers? [/QUOTE]
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