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Old 07-16-2012, 06:20 PM   #2
E.T.


 
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Drives: 2012 Camaro 2SS/RS
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**UPDATE**

So this is interesting. I weighed my car on a truck scale after work and it came in at 3880 lbs without me, and about 1/4 tank gas.

On track night, I had:

Camaro = 3851.5 (no gas) lbs
5/8 tank gas = 71.4 lbs
Me = 160 lbs

Grand total = 4083 lbs

If I use the formula above, I get 444 HP at the flywheel. Considering ~20% drivetrain loss, that's 355 rwhp, which is almost exactly what I dyno'd the day before under similar temps/humidity. I'm assuming if the weather conditions were better, I'd actually be making a little more HP, correct.

Anyway, sorry for all the math, but I'm a physicist....I can't help it
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