Engine power ?

[jono50]

Having just read an article from Influx re:- Alfa 155 GTA it refers to the engine power out put as 490 PS. I cant find a conversion for this anywhere, I know about Foot Pounds, Newton meters and BHP but not about PS ? Can anyone explain PS ? Thanks in anticipation. jono50.

[kambites]

A PS is a "metric horsepower", it's very close to 1bhp.

A 490PS Alfa 155 would be terrifying.


ETA: 1PS = 0.986bhp. According to wikipedia.

Edited by kambites on Tuesday 18th September 13:56

[matthias73]

Basically german horses are less powerful. Its why they lost the war.

[KieronGSi]

http://www.which.co.uk/cars/driving/driver-tools/p...

[cuprabob]

1 BHP is about 1.01 PS

[Seb d]

The Germans call BHP 'British Horse Power'

jono50 said:

Having just read an article from Influx re:- Alfa 155 GTA it refers to the engine power out put as 490 PS. I cant find a conversion for this anywhere, I know about Foot Pounds, Newton meters and BHP but not about PS ? Can anyone explain PS ? Thanks in anticipation. jono50.

Pretty sure it wouldn't say 490PS as that's 490HP, so basically around 480bhp...

[Krikkit]

Pretty sure it's about the V6 TI racer, 490ps@11900RPM! Got to be pretty lively.

[R300will]

cuprabob said:

1 BHP is about 1.01 PS

So there's barely any difference. Why the fk invent a measurement that's the same as the previous one? It's bloody pointless. Miles vs Km fair enough there's a difference there but 1.01?????

[kambites]

R300will said:

cuprabob said:

1 BHP is about 1.01 PS

So there's barely any difference. Why the fk invent a measurement that's the same as the previous one? It's bloody pointless. Miles vs Km fair enough there's a difference there but 1.01?????

What do you mean "invent"? I think it's been around just as long as bhp.

[R300will]

kambites said:

R300will said:

cuprabob said:

1 BHP is about 1.01 PS

So there's barely any difference. Why the fk invent a measurement that's the same as the previous one? It's bloody pointless. Miles vs Km fair enough there's a difference there but 1.01?????

What do you mean "invent"? I think it's been around just as long as bhp.

Well bhp was invented to measure output of engines vs horse power. When did PS come out?

[kambites]

R300will said:

Well bhp was invented to measure output of engines vs horse power. When did PS come out?

Presumably whenever Germany started producing steam engines?

ETA: 19th century, according to wikipedia, so it's a bit newer than bhp (which I think was 18th century?).

[Captain Muppet]

If you find PS an annoying unit don't even think about using inches - there are loads of fractionally different inches, Scottish, Canadian, BS and of course the American inch, both of them. Yep, Americans still have two inches of different lengths depending on whether you're measuring things or land.

[kambites]

It'd be much simpler if we just used SI units or their derivatives for everthing.

[Captain Muppet]

kambites said:

It'd be much simpler if we just used SI units or their derivatives for everthing.

Yes.

And if we all spoke Esperanto.

And if left handers would just put the effort in to be like the rest of us.

[kambites]

Quite.

[Captain Muppet]

7 years less of being lefthanded is a blessing.

[R300will]

Captain Muppet said:

7 years less of being lefthanded is a blessing.

And yet they're more intelligent

[kambites]

R300will said:

Captain Muppet said:

7 years less of being lefthanded is a blessing.

And yet they're more intelligent

Maybe they have the same amount of total intelligence, but spread over a shorter time.

[Captain Muppet]

R300will said:

Captain Muppet said:

7 years less of being lefthanded is a blessing.

And yet they're more intelligent

I think you might be assuming I'm not left handed...

[Captain Muppet]

doogz said:

Captain Muppet said:

And if left handers would just put the effort in to be like the rest of us.

Captain Muppet said:

I think you might be assuming I'm not left handed...

I don't think he's assuming anything, other than perhaps that you're telling the truth. Which might be the problem.

Born right handed, crippled my right hand. I have the disadvantages of being both stupider than average and left hand dominant.

Also I'm ginger.