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Originally Posted by CurrentlySober
No, I get you. You just as easily say if I want more HP then buy a different car, and I get that... Its just that a local place is advertising a 'non invasive' engine remap (My words, not theirs) kinda while I wait, and so I plugged my car into their online calculator and it offered me a gain of 8.
Now as I don't exactly have the knowledge to gauge as to how much one HP is, I am wondering if I had 8 more, would I notice any difference, or would the difference be just 'on paper' so to speak?
I know if they had offered me say a gain of 50, I wouldn't have asked the question.
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8HP is NOT a lot of gain and then again I've got a 1935 ford that only has 84HP. So, I would jump for joy at an extra 8HP. My question therefore is, why do you want or need more HP? What I'm getting at is that it pretty much comes down to that when you're dealing with a 1.8l engine and just 8HP. ((But if they're giving you the upgrade for free then go for it))
On that note....
Horsepower is actually a difficult calculation. In the very most basic
(and inaccurate) definition used by car collecting hobbyists like myself...
Horsepower is the ability of 1 draft horse to lift 1 ton the distance of 1 inch using a single overhead pulley.
This graphic gives a better understanding
