
01-31-2018, 06:01 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: JCF supplied the body,frame,and some of the driveline-I completed it to be a very accurate 289 slabside
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"Hp is rotational power" ???
As a PhD in Mechanical Engineering I can't resist commenting on this statement by Old Dog, who otherwise made a lot of correct statements. HP is simply one commonly used unit of power and has nothing to do with whether it is produced in linear or rotational motion. For example, a solid rocket engine has no rotational parts, in fact it has no moving parts of any kind, but it sure can have a lot of power, which we can express in HP, watts, Btu/min.,....
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