ps power

[LEV_101]

the apexi rsm is so fun ... got so much cool things to play around with.

when i played with the ps power ... i got a bit lost ...

it has this curve graph thing and has 1ps 10km/h 2ps 20km/h so on to .... 130ps 190km/h

what the hell does that mean...

any help would be great

[ollieboy]

Would it be referring to metric horsepower?

[Adydas]

it Is refering to PS, very close mesurement to KW( Kilowatts) i think you should find.

If setup correctly ( using the G sensor etc ) it will give a fairly close KW out put of your car, Requires ACCURATE setup of the Gearbox setup As well as the G sensor.

[ollieboy]

it Is refering to PS, very close mesurement to KW( Kilowatts) i think you should find.

Its closer to Hp than Kw because my car is 100ps but 75Kw and I think about 98hp or something but I will have to check that.

[Timmo]

Yep, PS is very close to HP (1 PS = 0.9863201652997627 hp (SAE) to be exact).....it actually is a German term (Pferdestärke = horse strength)

Basically its metric horsepower although its obsolete now (replaced by the Kilowatt)....You still see it being used on Japanese cars a lot though (ie on Gran Turismo the HP is shown as PS)

[LEV_101]

thanks for the reply guys...

but doesnt hp/ps mean the power of the engine? not meaning how much power you get at a certain speed...?

so does that mean, i have 1 hp/ps at 10km/h ...

thanks

[barryogen]

but doesnt hp/ps mean the power of the engine? not meaning how much power you get at a certain speed...?

The amount of HP/Ps your car has will vary as it goes through it's rev range, it shouldn't/doesn't pertain to a particular speed, but I guess if this little device is smart enough it could be mapping revs to G forces then it may be able to figure it out... but I doubt if it could do that.

so does that mean, i have 1 hp/ps at 10km/h

according to that thing, yeah, but I think it is probably wrong