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[QUOTE]Originally posted by ProfBooty: [QB] Well Boon, on paper, a race between you and Michelle looks pretty close. A drag race on a straight and level stretch of road is all about horsepower to weight ratios. Yours are pretty similar. Michelle's car makes 225HP and weighs 3425lbs. Eric's makes 175HP and weighs about 3098lbs. I don't know exactly which trim level you have Eric so that's the middle weight of the Grand Ams with your engine. That gives a horsepower to weight ratio of 15.2lbs/HP for Michelle and 17.7lbs/HP for Eric. That number represents the number of pounds of weight each unit of horsepower is required to move. Michelles is slightly better so theoretically, she should win by a small margin. Eric's power curve looks to be a little steeper though. His engine makes it's full horsepower at 4800 rpm while Michelle's doesn't until 5600. That could be an advantage for Eric because his engine can get to its full power a little faster. Differences in your trannies would probably be the deciding factor. Unfortunatley, they're both automatics :p As far as all this horsepower bickering goes, don't forget a very important performance spec - torque. There's a saying I think is very true, "people buy horsepower and drive torque". In daily driving, torque is a lot more important than horsepower. My car is a good example, it only makes about 115HP but because it makes close to 200 ft-lbs of torque at lower rpms, it "feels" fast. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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