power measured in CV??

curtis73 · #1 10-04-2005, 03:19 PM

I was looking at this website; http://www.nav-international.com.br/...ipo=1&Idioma=2

It lists International engines available in Brazil. They list the power in "cv". The torque is in Kgf-m which is kilogram force meter, but what the heck is "cv"???

CBFryman · #2 10-04-2005, 04:37 PM

huh? i fugred it would be in Watts and Newton-meters.

TheSilentChamber · #3 10-04-2005, 04:47 PM

Its a french measurment thats essentually there version of HP, stands for chevaux vapeur. If you look around you should be able to find a conversion chart somewhere online.

2.2 Straight six · #4 10-04-2005, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by TheSilentChamber

Its a french measurment thats essentually there version of HP, stands for chevaux vapeur. If you look around you should be able to find a conversion chart somewhere online.

yep, he's right. vapeur means power and chevaux means horse, so it is literally horsepower (we say brake horsepower in the UK).

every heard of the citroen 2CV ? the name was because of the engine, it was a 2bhp engine, hence the "2" for 2 (duh..) an the "CV" for chevaux vapeur. so, it was literally translated as "2 horsepower".

so those figure in CV are the same as bhp.

CBFryman · #5 10-04-2005, 04:57 PM

unless their horeses arent as strong as ours...lol

2.2 Straight six · #6 10-04-2005, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by CBFryman

unless their horeses arent as strong as ours...lol

yea, they are french after all....

j/k...but in general british people dont like the french so much, them trying to invade us like 200-400 years ago, we keep grudges.

curtis73 · #7 10-04-2005, 07:04 PM

I can dig it. thanks.

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