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Old 03-29-2010, 07:12 PM   #2144
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Originally Posted by syr74 View Post
They estimate what percentage of loss the car experiences through the drive-line, and it is an estimate. In this case MT used a 15% correction factor which, for a modern manual transmission car, is arguably much too high. 10-11% is probably more like it which puts the car closer to 420-425hp at the crank according to their rwhp numbers.

Here is who you would do it. If a car makes 385rwhp on the dyno and I think there is 10% loss through the drivetrain I divide 385 by .90 and come up with ~428hp.
So even less accurate. Should've just gone with rwhp.
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