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[Stealthee]

Originally Posted by vr4choke

haha thats funny. so if you compare the HP at the crank to HP at the wheels, would it be lower on AWD cars than front/rear wheel drive? like say if a RWD car had 300 at the crank, it would put a bigger number to the wheels?

Yes. Thats due to drive train loss (DTL). Front wheel drive has the lowest DTL because it has the least amount of drive train to go thru before it gets to the ground. Rear wheel drive is second. It has to go thru the trans, the driveshaft then the rear axles to get power to the ground. All wheel drive is last.

A 300 bhp FWD car would put down approximately 246 fwhp
A 300 bhp RWD car would put down approximately 230 rwhp
A 300 bhp AWD car would put down approximately 220 awhp

Those are all generalizations to help you get the point.

[vr4choke]

thanks. by the way, how do you learn all this stuff?

[Stealthee]

Haha, well, I've been in and around a garage since I was 3.

When I first started driving I had a Chevy Monza 2+2 that I had to put my money and effort into to get running. My dad helped along the way but made me do most of it.

After I totalled it I got a 85 Bronco II and started subscribing to a few 4X4 magazines and read them cover to cover. Even after the Bronco was gone I still subscribed to those magazines.

Sometime later I got an 86 Mustang and subscribed to a few Mustang magazines. I subscribed to them for even several years after I sold it.

I am constantly online, here and 3si. If someone has a question I don't know the answer to I search for it. In my searches I usually learn something completely different along the way.

Basically it all comes down to experience and the will to learn.

When it comes to the different car "genres" all vehicles are inherintely the same. When you learn something about one car there is a good chance it will apply to all cars.

[95DodgeAvenger95]

Originally Posted by vr4choke

haha thats funny. so if you compare the HP at the crank to HP at the wheels, would it be lower on AWD cars than front/rear wheel drive? like say if a RWD car had 300 at the crank, it would put a bigger number to the wheels?

Correct.

[Polygon]

Originally Posted by vr4choke

how would the boost gauge give me no power? it isnt just a gauge, its a controller too and im planning to set the boost at 13-14psi since im on stock turbos. and yeah i have heard various things about the exhaust. the general concensus seems to be around a 5% gain

Ah, sorry, I was reading so quickly that I missed that it's a controller as well. Running that much boost through such small turbos I would say that you might net 5HP per PSI max so you might get around 25HP. That would be my guess anyhow.