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Doldy
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2nd Aug 08 at 16:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Whats all this PS talk?
Whats this in relation to BHP?



[Edited on 02-08-2008 by Doldy]
CorsAsh
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BHP and PS is the same. PS is just German for "horsepower".
Doldy
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Ok thanks Ash,
Been wondering that for a while,
Nick-S
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1 bhp is 1.0139 ps

[Edited on 02-08-2008 by GSi_16v]
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
BHP and PS is the same. PS is just German for "horsepower".


Not quite, the measurement is different.

a 1001PS car has 987bhp
Nick-S
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no 1 did it the wong way round, ps is bigger that bhp

[Edited on 02-08-2008 by GSi_16v]
Doldy
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Whats 90PS in BHP?
CorsAsh
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Alright, it's "almost the same".

But PS stands for Pferdestärke, which translates to horse strength.
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quote:
Originally posted by Doldy
Whats 90PS in BHP?
88 ish
Ellis
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Pferde Starke IIRC from my school days
Robbo
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200PS is 197bhp if that helps
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
Alright, it's "almost the same".

But PS stands for Pferdestärke, which translates to horse strength.


Does that mean the German Horses were originally stronger than English?
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
Alright, it's "almost the same".

But PS stands for Pferdestärke, which translates to horse strength.


Does that mean the German Horses were originally stronger than English?


lol ...
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I guess the one they picked to test the strength of was, yes.

But we still won.
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English horses are stronger, there's 9.87 to every 10.01 German ones.

That's why we won.
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He's not just a pretty face, our Robin.
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so if ze germanz have a PS measurement why do they insist on using KW as a measurement of power on most their cars?

metric sytem and cheeze burgerz proburbly.
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Is this a bit similar to us doing 0-62mph now, as it's the same as 0-100kmh?
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Yeah, it's all about the royale with cheese.
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
Is this a bit similar to us doing 0-62mph now, as it's the same as 0-100kmh?


'We' don't, you'll just find that it's quoted in magazines (particularly on cars from mainland Europe) as the manufacturer's figure is for 0-100km/h rather than 0-60mph. It's easier to quote a 0-62mph time than calculate the 0-60mph time.

The short answer is that automotive journalists are lazy fuckers.

 
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