HP and Weight, this might be a little confusing Options

[celicarocker]

this whole theory is going off something i remember someone saying before. not sure of the exact numbers, but it was something like "every 125lbs you take out adds 4hp" or something like that. anyway, the point is there is a direct correlation between weight and HP.

now onto my main point. people talk stuff like "car A will beat car B becuase they both have the same HP, but car A is lighter" so if car B was reduced to the weight of car A, it would be faster? like if car A is 1900lbs and 150hp, and car B is 2700lbs and 150hp, wouldnt they both be the same speed? its like that old trick question "which would fall faster, a pound of bricks or a pound of feathers" where they'd both fall the same speed. so wouldnt a 1900lb car with 150hp go as fast as a 2700lb car with 150hp?

does anybody get what im trying to say?

[darksecret]

Not to complicate things but drag and traction must be considered also, think of it like this losing wieght is great ask Anna Nichole, but losing it in the wrong places will hurt performance as quick as help, in the Celica's case it is more of a low end torque based car (kind of like a domestic) well lets say you take wieght of of the front, now you'll have to add more wieght because you need to use wider front tires to keep the wheels from spinning, the trade of is good but it's not good enough for street use.

Also with drag using the Elise is a good example but it's apples and oranges compared to a Celica, the Celica has very aerodynamics compared to other cars in it's class but if you made the same power as an Elise and wieghed the same the Elise would still beat the Celica simply due to aerodynamics and really good wieght distribution seeing as how the motor is over the already wider wheels, then consider the suspension is set up better for a launch but that's really complicating things.

[Mr_E]

Not to complicate things but drag and traction must be considered also

Word.

Stick 400bhp in an Elise, and it won't accelerate an awful lot faster as it won't get any more traction.

It's where something like a Veyron murders a Mclaren F1. It's getting on for 40% heavier, but has superior traction due to more mass and 4wd, and bucketloads of torque.