C6 = 410HP in Europe?

[427]

Just wondering ... Has this question (410HP in Europe) been discussed before? I was surfing the www.chevroleteurope.com website and came across this popup window which indicated the C6 had 410HP.

Other kool C6 Europe info here (including a video).

 

[UB2 SLOW]

Why would they get 5 extra ponies? Emissions?

 

[LongTimer]

That third link ("here") indicates "294kW / 400 HP" so there was obviously some confusion when the site was being developed. Speaking of develop, my bet is that it will be easy to develop more HP from the LS2 by just modifying the programming - at least 10 HP.

 

[ROCKETBLOCK]

The stock production engines for the C6 will probably actually range from 390 to 410 HP anyway. I don't know why they would put 410hp in that ad. Either way, it just isn't enough HP!!!!! HP is like drug... we need more! :L

 

[evariste]

I think that they omitted to precise the kind of hp they used. In Europe we have Din hp (Germany), Bhp (British), CEE Hp (European Community), etc. . All of these don't have exactly the same value.
The only reliable power unit is the KW.
And I'm to lazy to try to guess what kind of hp they used...

 

[UB2 SLOW]

The stock production engines for the C6 will probably actually range from 390 to 410 HP anyway. I don't know why they would put 410hp in that ad. Either way, it just isn't enough HP!!!!! HP is like drug... we need more! :L

I......neeeedd........my........fix!!!!!!!!

 

[Runge_Kutta]

http://www.rx7.net.nz/conversion.html

POWER

English HP X 0.7457 = KW
KW X 1.341 = English HP

Metric HP (PS) X 0.7355 = KW
KW X 1.3596 = Metric HP (PS)

 

[Runge_Kutta]

http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictM.html

metric horsepower:

a unit of power, defined to be the power required to raise a mass of 75 kilograms at a velocity of 1 meter per second. This is approximately 735.499 watts or 0.986 32 horsepower. The unit is known in French as cheval vapeur, in Spanish as caballo de vapor, and in German as pferdestärke.


http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictH.html

horsepower (hp):

a unit of power representing the power exerted by a horse in pulling. The horsepower was defined by James Watt (1736-1819), the inventor of the steam engine, who determined after careful measurements that a horse is typically capable of a power rate of 550 foot-pounds per second. This means that a horse, harnessed to an appropriate machine, can lift 550 pounds at the rate of 1 foot per second. Today the SI unit of power is named for Watt, and one horsepower is equal to approximately 745.6999 watts. (Slightly different values have been used in certain industries.) Outside the U.S., the English word "horsepower" is often used to mean the metric horsepower, a slightly smaller unit.

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(0.7457/0.7355) = 1.01387

400*1.01387 = 405.438