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Old 05-21-2010, 06:09 PM   #2
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Ok.. your post is very hard to follow... but you are definitely mixing crank HP and rear wheel HP... When you take your car to a dyno shop they put your car on a chassis dyno and measure your rear wheel HP (assuming you have a RWD car... LOL)

The stock V6 is 312 HP at the crank (engine). Automatics typically have 245ish RWHP (Rear Wheel Horsepower). Manuals are right around 260ish RHWP. The difference is doe to "Drive train loss".

The STS turbo car dyno'd at 400 RWHP.... assuming typical drive train loss the crank/engine HP is going to be around 480 HP... so you see 480 HP is a lot more than 312 HP!

Not sure of all the specs on the Jay Leno TT V6... but again... i think it's a matter of HP vs RWHP...
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