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Old Mar 11, 2014 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by onehundred80

What is a typical loss ? Lets say 20%. So if we had a car putting out 200 hp on the dyno we would be seeing 80% of the gross power. (200 ÷ 80) x 100 = 250 hp.
Not sure if that was tongue-in-cheek, but 20% is high for parasitic loss.

These cars should be closer to 15-18%.
 
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