[alfa] Re: Mechanical vs electric fans - was single row timing chains

[Joe Elliott <jee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2:41 AM +0000 11/9/04, alfa-digest wrote:
> For what it's worth, and that's usually not a lot, the SAE horsepower rating
> for the 2 litre Alfa engine was 150hp. 
> You'll recall that these figures are generally considered questionable
> because the SAE method of measuring horsepower involved running the engine
> without ancillaries such as cooling fans, exhaust systems, air cleaners,
> probably not even alternators.
Not even radiators!!  (Which is where most of that extra 20hp 
probably came from--forcing water through a radiator core rather than 
out of a huge reservoir in the laboratory is hard work.)

Just to clarify, this is SAE Gross power, not to be confused with the 
SAE Net method, which is less silly.

Joe
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