From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

"Don Hills"  wrote in message
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>>Ok, so if you go from 125mph to 140mph, what is the % increase in power
>>required?
>
> Is your calculator broken? Oh wait, you might be using the Windows one...
>
> 140 / 125 = speed increase 1.12x, cubed = 1.4 = 40% more power required.

My car has a whopping 90 hp, and can do about 115. From there to 140 using
the above mentioned formula, that would mean an additional 80% more power
to go to 140, which means 162 hp. Or, to go to 150 I would need 199.7 hp.
These are funny numbers...


Antti Kurenniemi

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