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I've always wondered how is that a mere stock 140hp motorcycle is capable of goin 150mph or more than a car that needs at least 400hp or more to do the same speed limit?

THE GRADUATE 10:18:2007

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power to weight

lets say that the motorcycle is 500 lbs with 100 hp for the ease of math

the car weighs say 2000 lbs and has 400 hp also cause im not a calculator

the motorcycle has a 1:5 pwratio that means that every hp has to push 5 lbs

the cars pwratio is also 1:5 (wasnt that convenient?)

seee now?

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why thank you.

thats how in like gran turismo 4 i beat people with a low hp light car compared to their high hp high weight cars ;)

My cousin was into drag racing... i think he said every 50 lbs you take off cuts your time by 1 hudreth or 1 tenth of a second, i dont remember.

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2009 VW Rabbit 2-Door:

Pioneer AVH-X1600DVD

Kicker CX600.1 (Kicker "Certified" 638wrms@2ohm)

NVX VCW124 @2 Ohm, ~1.25 ft^3 Sealed box

Stock Doors; (4) 6.5's, (2) 4's, (4) 1" Tweets

Owner/Founder of RT Photography

Canon Traitor who moved to Fujifilm

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why thank you.

thats how in like gran turismo 4 i beat people with a low hp light car compared to their high hp high weight cars ;)

My cousin was into drag racing... i think he said every 50 lbs you take off cuts your time by 1 hudreth or 1 tenth of a second, i dont remember.

I was tuaght something similar but its been ages since I heard it I thought it was for every 100 pounds you take off you gained a 1/10th of a second in the qtr mile.

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