Voodoo Child
10-09-2002, 11:14 AM
Hey homies,
So I don't know if anybody else was watching Horsepower TV this past Saturday, but something pretty interesting caught my eye.
They were talking about how friction caused by all the working components of the engine is a direct result in loss of horsepower. Now of course this all makes sense.
So to reduce this friction, we all know that oils and other fluids help us along the way.
Well the hosts took a new Camero, hooked it up to the dyno, and put down 302hp. Pretty good you're thinking right?
They then proceeded to drain all the fluids in the car and replace them with the "Royal Purple" brand of engine, tranny, and other needed fluids.
After another dyno run, the car put down 311hp. A 9hp gain from 1 hour of labor and a complete fluid replacement.
I couldn't believe it.
Do you think similar results would apply to most vehicles? Physics is physics, and if I'm reducing friction as well, then in theory I should be making more hp!
So I don't know if anybody else was watching Horsepower TV this past Saturday, but something pretty interesting caught my eye.
They were talking about how friction caused by all the working components of the engine is a direct result in loss of horsepower. Now of course this all makes sense.
So to reduce this friction, we all know that oils and other fluids help us along the way.
Well the hosts took a new Camero, hooked it up to the dyno, and put down 302hp. Pretty good you're thinking right?
They then proceeded to drain all the fluids in the car and replace them with the "Royal Purple" brand of engine, tranny, and other needed fluids.
After another dyno run, the car put down 311hp. A 9hp gain from 1 hour of labor and a complete fluid replacement.
I couldn't believe it.
Do you think similar results would apply to most vehicles? Physics is physics, and if I'm reducing friction as well, then in theory I should be making more hp!