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      03-24-2008, 11:50 AM   #26
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Originally Posted by bruce.augenstein@comcast. View Post
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Using the more than 50 year old (and basic) formula of trap speed divided by the constant 234, result cubed, times the tested weight gives the following:
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Bruce, using the recent C&D numbers that gbb posted and your formula above puts the GT-R right back at 580 hp. Trap was 124, weight 3908. Not sure this formula is so "tried and true" and if so we are right back to the under-rating issue.
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