I still think the Civic Type R looks better than any other Honda that has been released in the last few years. Not too sure about the front light set up on the new ones.Jason wrote:Goin to change my car this weekend, to a Honda Civic City(newest version)wohahaha....
(280bhp)heheh... 
Quite expensive you know?
http://www.indiacar.com/index2.asp?page ... ue_bhp.htmTom wrote:What does BHP actually meassure?
The most popular unit of Power is the ‘Horse Power’, which from ancient times was the rate of work an ‘average horse’ could do. In scientific parlance today, it translates into 4,500 kg-m/min or 33,000 ft-pounds/min. In Metric System of Measurement, therefore, one ‘horsepower’ = 746 Watts.
In post-war Germany, ‘PS’ was and is still used – which was/is a functional equivalent of the ‘British’ Horse Power. In reality, it equates as 1.0 HP = 1.07 PS. Today, it seems the Car/Advertisers use ‘PS’ atleast in India to mislead the gullible public - as the same HP/BHP ‘sounds’ a little higher when expressed in PS!
I was under the impression that BHP has a totally different meaning. When I was getting my pilot's licence, in ground school they taught us a lot about the engines. I remember them refering to BHP as the Brake Horsepower, or the net power delivered by the engine when one takes into consideration the friction losses within the engine.vyselegend wrote:http://www.indiacar.com/index2.asp?page ... ue_bhp.htmTom wrote:What does BHP actually meassure?
The most popular unit of Power is the ‘Horse Power’, which from ancient times was the rate of work an ‘average horse’ could do. In scientific parlance today, it translates into 4,500 kg-m/min or 33,000 ft-pounds/min. In Metric System of Measurement, therefore, one ‘horsepower’ = 746 Watts.
In post-war Germany, ‘PS’ was and is still used – which was/is a functional equivalent of the ‘British’ Horse Power. In reality, it equates as 1.0 HP = 1.07 PS. Today, it seems the Car/Advertisers use ‘PS’ atleast in India to mislead the gullible public - as the same HP/BHP ‘sounds’ a little higher when expressed in PS!
2.0L V6?? I don't want to sound disrespetful, but are you sure? If it had a 6-cylinder engine, believe me, it would use up a lot more gas. I have a V6, and I'll consider myself lucky if I use up twice the fuel you're using for the same distance. RIght now, I get about 600km/75L gas tank.Jason wrote:My car eats fuel, 5.8 l / 100km/h. I try to drive at least as possible. Despite this, I put RM60 every time fuel. And that gives me a headache
The car is a Proton Perdana 2.0 V6. It's a fuel eater
Enter "what does BHP mean" in google, you'll be amazed how many different fields use this abreviation!f1.redbaron wrote: I was under the impression that BHP has a totally different meaning. When I was getting my pilot's licence, in ground school they taught us a lot about the engines. I remember them refering to BHP as the Brake Horsepower, or the net power delivered by the engine when one takes into consideration the friction losses within the engine.
Something like the difference between the indicated airspeed (IAS), true airspeed (TAS), groundspeed (GS), Calibrated (CAS) - they all measure the speed, but a different kind, or better yet, they take into consideration other factors (ex. wind speed, etc.).
An then, this:In general:
Indicated or gross horsepower (theoretical capability of the engine) minus frictional losses within the engine (bearings, rods, etc), equals
Brake or net horsepower (power delivered directly by the engine) minus frictional losses in the transmission (bearings, gears, etc.), equals
Shaft horsepower (power delivered to the driveshaft) minus shaft losses (friction, slip, cavitation, etc), equals
Effective or wheel horsepower
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HorsepowerBrake horsepower (bhp)
Brake horsepower (bhp) is the measure of an engine's horsepower without the loss in power caused by the gearbox, generator, differential, water pump and other auxiliaries. The actual horsepower delivered to the driving wheels is less. An engine would have to be retested to obtain a rating in another system.
