Vehicle weight and horsepower – Mr. Gasket 8703 Hot Rod Calculator User Manual
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veHICle WeIGHt And HoRsePoWeR
often, a racer (or a fan, or a friend of a racer) will try to figure
out what a particular race car’s weight is, what Horsepower is
required to achieve a recorded ET, what speed a race car can
run, or how much Horsepower a race car has.
Vehicle Weight — Based on HP and eT
your buddy has a 1978 Ford Mustang II with an estimated
Horsepower of 575 HP and made an ET run of 9.540 seconds.
Calculate the estimated vehicle Weight.
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1. Clear all stored values and enter the estimated HP:
(Clear All)
all Cleared
HP
Msa
575.
2. Enter the 1/4 ET:
eT 9.54
s
3. Solve for the vehicle’s weight:
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lbs 2525.953
* Repeated presses of
will toggle through the inputs and outputs,
starting with the HP correction factor.
Vehicle Weight — Based on HP and Speed
In this example, your buddy has a 2005 Ford Mustang GT with
an estimated Horsepower of 520 HP and ran a 1/4 mile at 121.6
MPH.
Calculate the estimated vehicle Weight.
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