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Old 10-03-2006, 12:10 AM
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When are Novarossi and all the other engine manufacturers going to show the real HP figures for an engine? 1.68HP??? The max anybody has got from a .12 engine is 1.15 and that was the CRF WASP.

If I bought a car from BMW and it said it was 500Hp and I put it on a rolling rd and it came out as 280BHP I think i would take the car back and get my money back. BMW would also face a legal bill

So where on earth do this figures come from? Is there some sort of disclaimer on the box in microscopic print stating "HP figure is for 0.0001sec duration when using nitroglyserine as fuel at 500 dec C just before engine explodes"

They might as well say the thing has a 1,000,000 HP and does a zillion RPM as it means about the same.
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