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First I want to apologize, I know I've somewhat hijacked this thread. The guys at AWE do fantastic work and build some amazing cars.
Obviously as many have seen in our videos, we use a 2WD Dynojet. The reason This is not an issue is because, like I stated earlier, under most driving conditions, nearly 100% of the power goes to the rear wheels. Because the only time drivers would be able to put down full power with these cars would be in a straight line, all the power would be shifted to the rear wheels anyways. The front wheels only receive power when the rear wheels start to lose traction. Therefore, for the purposes of measuring maximum power, we are able to get an accurate measurment using our 2WD Dynojet.
Also, if someone measured a baseline of 380whp, that would mean that a car with no driveshaft was suffering a power loss of 26%. On the other hand, we all know that Porsche often underrates their cars. So it is possible that while these cars are rated at 480bhp, it could be producing power somewhere in the neighborhood of ~500bhp.
Last edited by Josh@TPCRACING; 07-02-2009 at 07:58 PM.
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