Nascar horse power – jeff gordon generating enough power to bench press the space shuttle
Sport Science investigates how much horse power goes into a NASCAR vehicle and how that compares to the car in your driveway. Originally a comparison of steam engines versus horses. The amount of work a horse can do in a period of time. Current race cars go at 850 horsepower at a time. Engines are 2 times larger and gulp down 5 times as much fuel as the car in your driveway….
by admin on November 9th, 2010 Tags: 101108, COM, Crank, Crown, Horsepower, Jimmy, Johnson, Lifting, NASCAR, Royal, Science, Shaft, Sport, Torque, Weight
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