fafalone said in post # :

You're still missing the point:

 

Because of gearing and other factors, the rwhp rating of cars does NOT determine top speed.

 

a simple example proving you wrong: a tractor trailer has far more horsepower then my mustang, but theres no way it can go 145mph.

 

Whilst this is true, it doesn't make your first statement (the one with 'power' and 'work' and the like) true, which it wasn't.

MrL_JaKiri said in post # :

 

 

Top speed = Power/(Sum resistive forces).

 

WRONG. Electronic limiters are not resistive forces. Therefore top speed is not determined by that equation if an electronic limiter is activated.

fafalone said in post # :

 

WRONG. Electronic limiters are not resistive forces. Therefore top speed is not determined by that equation if an electronic limiter is activated.

 

Back to strawmanning.

 

It's quite clear what my comment was referring to, and now you're just being argumentative.

further more, that statement cannot be true, check the units. kg *a/m*a = kg/m, which does not = m/s

 

More clearly: mass * acceleration * distance / mass * acceleration is a distance, not a speed.

 

Nice abuse of units.

fafalone said in post # :

further more, that statement cannot be true, check the units. kg *a/m*a = kg/m, which does not = m/s

 

Nice abuse of units.

 

Power = Nm/s

 

Speed = m/s

 

Force = N

 

How is it then that you're claiming that

 

N

 

is not equal to

 

Nm/s / m/s

 

?

Just for fun.

fafalone said in post # :

Just for fun.

 

So, you're wrong, you know you're wrong, yet you're still arguing?

 

What?

I'm still right about the entire point of the post. Now stop trolling.

fafalone said in post # :

I'm still right about the entire point of the post. Now stop trolling.

 

I'm trolling YOU because you argued something that you knew was wrong?

 

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To clarify the general position of it, you were wrong when you said that horsepower doesn't determine top speed; it does, but only with other factors. If you had two identical cars, and one of them had 10x the horsepower of the other, which one would you think would go faster? (Obviously, this model is a simplification, because you have to take into account the size/vibrations from the engine, and the like).

Yup.

This thread gets 5 stars from me :up:

fafalone said in post # :

Yup.

 

You're obviously confused.

Sayonara³ said in post # :

This thread gets 5 stars from me :up:

 

comedy goldmine

MrL_JaKiri said in post # :

 

 

To clarify the general position of it, you were wrong when you said that horsepower doesn't determine top speed; it does, but only with other factors. If you had two identical cars, and one of them had 10x the horsepower of the other, which one would you think would go faster? (Obviously, this model is a simplification, because you have to take into account the size/vibrations from the engine, and the like).

 

Since there are always other factors, and that discussion was about comparing different cars, I was correct. Sorry.

fafalone said in post # :

 

Since there are always other factors, and that discussion was about comparing different cars, I was correct. Sorry.

 

I only said that you were wrong about the equations in the post.

 

All subsequent discussion doesn't take your original statement into account, because you were arguing in the general rather than the specific, such as in this post.

 

You're still missing the point:

 

Because of gearing and other factors, the rwhp rating of cars does NOT determine top speed.

 

a simple example proving you wrong: a tractor trailer has far more horsepower then my mustang, but theres no way it can go 145mph.

blah blah blah

fafalone said in post # :

blah blah blah

 

You can't accept being wrong, can you?

Now that's definately trolling.

fafalone said in post # :

Now that's definately trolling.

 

No, I'd say that you insulting me after I had proved you wrong was more an instance of flaming, than trolling.

He obviously thinks you are too boring.

You two are just looking to fight. hush children, hush.

Someone else needs to vote or the rating won't appear in the forum

I voted 5, this whole thread is great

Aces

 

\o/

What do you drive MrL?