Guest freedz Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Anyone know the horsepower output (not brakehorsepower!) of a standard mk5 cortina engine? With everything standard, if possible information on the german assembled one would be excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 http://freespace.virgin.net/tommy.sandh ... ox%20Swaps maybe ull find something there i cant be bothered looking coz its insanely huge found this at http://home.flash.net/~lorint/lorin/convert.htm Horsepower is a measurement of the engine's ability to perform work. One SAE horse is the ability to lift 33,000 lbs one foot in one minute. One DIN horse is the ability to lift 450000 kg one cm in one minute. For the same power the SAE measurement is thus 98.629% of the metric DIN measurement. If you see the term bhp, it just means "brake horsepower", which is the actual usable horsepower delivered to the rear wheels of the car. It is so named because a brake is applied to determine how much pressure is needed to stop or absorb the power. bhp could reference either DIN or SAE horsepower. Power is effectively torque times rpms, so if you keep the same amount of torque and double the revs, you double the effective power. This is why most engines have the highest horsepower rating at higher RPMs. And along those lines, you can have an engine that has lots of horsepower at higher RPMs, but not much energy at lower RPMs where it counts off the line, so often torque ends up being a more interesting measurement than horsepower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDave Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Well said my good man! Have you ever tried to expain Torque in simple terms tho, its a nightmare!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 haha yea i tried looking for a good explanation on google but i can hardly understand them myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 So that's why they say rotors have lots of horsepower but no torque, as they rev high as the sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Same for VTEC I'm guessing? Well until those lobe things kick in... And people start laughing at you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest freedz Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 Just the horse rating will do, the links posted were of no use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerm Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 yeah i'm pretty sure its in the cortins haynes manual which i have at home... which i am not at.. but i will find out and get back to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerm Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 horesepower 96hp at 5200 rpm torque 111 lbf ft / 15.4 kgf m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacov Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 96HP doesnt seem like a whole lot :/ but thats standard so i guess when you start doing small mods etc.. goes up slowly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WESTCORT Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 beats my 58hp on my 1300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest freedz Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Thankyou for that mate, Yes the engine has been modded but i wanted to know what i started with to compare the difference ive made since i began. Im thinking 2liter seirra for her next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerm Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 an injected sierra? cos i don't sierras have 2 litre pintos in them just like the cortinas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacov Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 yup sierra engines are the same as cortina's unless he gets the 2.5L sierra engine just turbo that cortina engine mate i think thats what im doing to do when i start back at work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerm Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 i'm selling mine... making way for 2 more escorts 1600 ghia and mk2 wagon......someone coming to look tomorrow morn.... $650 warrant reg 0211554687 gimme a call if anyone else is interested thats if i don't sell it tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest freedz Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 Didnt some come with 4 valves per cylinder? And differences in the inlet and outlet ports for better flow? Arent the valves a better shape and hardened etc? And better to turbo? Hopefully better fuel economy than the 2liter ive got now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacov Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 And better to turbo? If you want power but say bye to the fuel whats your current setup ? just the standard 2 litre? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest freedz Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 Its had a bit of work done to it (top secret) and it goes through the gas like crazy spits flame and is pretty rough etc. Im taking a gamble that even though the new engine may consume alot of fuel , ill be able to get more out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 horesepower 96hp at 5200 rpmtorque 111 lbf ft / 15.4 kgf m What size engine? My celeste makes more torque and hp and its only 1600 single carb. Not trying to put anyone down or nothing, I'm just confused cos I though mk5 cortinas had 2lt engines, and therefore should have more hp and definately more torque... maybe I'm just an idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerm Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 my one went pretty mean it had standard weber on it .. standard headers.. but fuck they drink gas like nobodies business, mate mate reckons his one which was the same as m ine but auto uses almost if not mor than his s3 rx7 12a BP... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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