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      07-09-2014, 02:51 PM   #254
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Originally Posted by Dalko43 View Post
I'm not following your math at all.

EAS claimed the M4 had 414HP at the wheels. In an earlier discussion with someone else, I used 15%, for the sake of argument, as the drive train loss. That yields 487HP at the crank, which is why I doubted EAS' claim.

Just recently, someone else posted a M4 dyno test done by Motor Trend which yielded 379HP at the wheels. The article used 13% as the drive train loss, so not too different from what I used with EAS test, which yields 435HP at the crank; still a bit higher than BMW's claimed 425HP at crank, but much more believable than 487HP.

So I don't see the point of 425HP - 414HP = 11HP. 425 is crank HP claimed by BMW and 414 is wheel HP claimed by EAS.
BMW's claimed hp for the S65 is 414hp (crank)
BMW's claimed hp for the S55 is 425hp (crank)

I never mentioned anything about the EAS dyno of 414whp. this discussion is all about whether the new motor is underrated, is it not??? we're talking about BMW's hp rating.
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