Telionis Member 33 Member For: 17y 10m 17d Gender: Male Location: Virginia, (USA) Posted 16/04/07 02:53 AM Author Share Posted 16/04/07 02:53 AM (edited) Welcome Telionis. As you're mentioning hp figures, Id thought Id clarify that aussie hp/kw figures need to be adjusted up by 12% to read in U.S. speak.Thanks for the welcome all. In regards to the horsepower? How so? Ours manufacturers report net crankshaft horsepower (with all accessories attached). Not the gross figures like the 1970s where the engine was put on a chassis-dynos with no exhaust and no accessories to drive. Most of the figures I quoted were hp at the wheels (the Cobra for example, 700 rwhp ~= 850-870 bhp SAE net). Which standard do you guys use? ISO's? The EUs? A domestic OZ standard?_________________If your currancy is doing better than usual now (and our dollar is weaker than it was 5 years ago), your cars should appear more expensive than usual to an American!?! Not the other way around!?! Edited 16/04/07 02:57 AM by Telionis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Member 381 Member For: 20y 10m 2d Location: MENAI, NSW Posted 16/04/07 03:08 AM Share Posted 16/04/07 03:08 AM Thanks for the welcome. In regards to the horsepower? How so? Ours manufacturers report net crankshaft horsepower (with all accessories attached). Not the gross figures like the 1970s where the engine was put on a chassis-dynos with no exhaust and no accessories to drive. Most of the figures I quoted were hp at the wheels (the Cobra for example, 700 rwhp ~= 850-870 bhp SAE net). Which standard do you guys use? ISO's? The EUs? A domestic OZ standard?Ford Australia use SAE. Expensive Daewoo on the other hand use DIN. I was talking about 'at the wheels'. The US measures wheel hp on the top of the single roller whereas we use 2 rollers and the tyres sits in the vallley in between which accounts for the difference. I'll try and search for the thread I got my info from. Its gonna be a challenge as it was was over 3 years ago on the aussie LS1 forum.Regards,Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPV TRANNY Im the one and only Donating Members 3,557 Member For: 20y 1m 25d Gender: Male Location: In my house Posted 16/04/07 03:21 AM Share Posted 16/04/07 03:21 AM Stop your whinging. When most of your cars, especially at the higher end are 2-3x cheaper you have it much better. Do you think I'd be driving aFord that costs $60K, when an Audi RS4 only costs $66K in the US and is $165K here. And my pay would be the same or higher in US dollars for my profession. You guys get cars we don't and vice versa. Come to Australia and you'll be complaining within 2 weeks how pathetically low our speed limits are and how you get booked every 10 minutes for doing 2m/hr over the speed limit or how there are speed cameras everywhere you turn.Only in the your state.Up here they dont really give a sh*t.I love living in Australia and further more I love living on the Gold Coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPV TRANNY Im the one and only Donating Members 3,557 Member For: 20y 1m 25d Gender: Male Location: In my house Posted 16/04/07 03:23 AM Share Posted 16/04/07 03:23 AM Oh and welcome Teloinis to the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest casgeroth Guests Posted 16/04/07 03:27 AM Share Posted 16/04/07 03:27 AM BTW - the closest highway to me has a 55 mph limit. It is divided and it is an interstate highway (it is not some silly side road that goes from town to town). If you've really got lower speed limits than that, then I have to concede that you're worse off in that regard.55mph limit = 88.5kmh.The top speed limit for us is 110kmh (68.4mph) which is found on most highways/freeways.Some parts of the Northern Territory are up to 130kmh, but that only if you could be bothered going up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telionis Member 33 Member For: 17y 10m 17d Gender: Male Location: Virginia, (USA) Posted 16/04/07 05:28 AM Author Share Posted 16/04/07 05:28 AM 55mph limit = 88.5kmh.The top speed limit for us is 110kmh (68.4mph) which is found on most highways/freeways.Some parts of the Northern Territory are up to 130kmh, but that only if you could be bothered going up there.Most of our interstate (cross-country) highway system is set at 65 mph. The nearest major highway for me is about 30 min away (goes from upstate New York to Arizona ~ 3500 miles) and is limited to 65 mph, going down to 60 mph near cities. The smaller highways (US routes), like the one I use on a regular basis to get to work and the other nearby towns is capped at 55 mph. It is still considered an interstate, but it's much smaller, probably one and a half times than the length of the state (~ 500 miles) only two lanes in each direction, but still divided. I've never seen any highway in this part of the nation that allowed faster travel, though supposadly there are 75 mph highways in the void that is the northern mid-west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDIDDY Senior Member Member 159 Member For: 18y 4m 6d Gender: Male Posted 16/04/07 05:28 AM Share Posted 16/04/07 05:28 AM Hey - it must be mid-day Monday there, shouldn't you guys be working instead of perusing the forum. :D You would have to be kidding! Work is a 4 letter word. BTW, welcome and enjoy all that is XR6 Turbo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Turbo Next stage, to the Pub in 10 seconds Member 2,777 Member For: 20y 6m 19d Gender: Male Location: Berwick Victoria Posted 16/04/07 05:40 AM Share Posted 16/04/07 05:40 AM Warm welcome to you Telionis and hope you enjoy viewing countless pages of information about the XR6 Turbo. It's great to have some interest from out side of Australia, and I hope one day you will also enjoy the ride behind the wheel with one of these great cars! If you have any questions feel free to ask because most of the members are a friendly bunch.Cheers,Rob... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPV TRANNY Im the one and only Donating Members 3,557 Member For: 20y 1m 25d Gender: Male Location: In my house Posted 16/04/07 05:42 AM Share Posted 16/04/07 05:42 AM Warm welcome to you Telionis and hope you enjoy viewing countless pages of information about the XR6 Turbo. It's great to have some interest from out side of Australia, and I hope one day you will also enjoy the ride behind the wheel with one of these great cars! If you have any questions feel free to ask because most of the members are a friendly bunch.Cheers,Rob... Most.Not all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YPURV4 KILL,KILL,KILL,DIE,DIE,DIE, Member 2,813 Member For: 18y 10m Gender: Male Posted 16/04/07 06:45 AM Share Posted 16/04/07 06:45 AM hey mate, from me 2, and yes you would love australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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