Motors challenge - Most powerful motor

Mayshine

Ok,

I am always curious to what people drive on the boards here, so I have decided to have a challenge to rank the forum contributers motors by power to weight

I realise we have threads on what you drive. However this time I want to know the power and weight of your motor and we can have a ranking. I'll rank in metric, so kilograms and kilowatts, power to weight will be in Kw per metric tonne.

Just name the car, year, power and weight and I'll do the rest.

There is only one condition. It has to be your daily driver car. I.e the one you would normally drive during the week. This is only for fun, so no arguments. I'll maintain the list and update. If there is demand I'll do another list for non daily drivers

By the way I'll only put one car per person - modified cars are in a list on their own due to the difficulty in verifying the values

The list as it stands (non modified)

Junkyard - BMW M5 (2001) -163 kW/tonne
Victor_M - BMW M3 (n/a) - 162 kW/tonne
Funxy - Lotus Elise 111r (n/a) - 160 kW/tonne
Cerberus - Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V (1998?) - 153 kW/tonne
Matt_cork - Subaru Impreza ppp (2006) - 151 kW/tonne
Mloc123 - Toyota MR2 Turbo (n/a) - 145 kW/tonne
Mayshine - Honda S2000 (2001) - 139 kW/tonne
MarkN - Audi S3 (2007) - 134 kW/tonne
Quinta - Porsche 944 Turbo S (1989) - 132 kW/tonne
bm0ferrall - Alfa 156 GTA (as standard) - 130 kW/tonne
LarWright - Opel Astra CPC (2006) - 128 kW/tonne
Kaskade - Opel VX220 (2001) - 126 kW/tonne
Ando - Seat Leon Cupra R (2003?) - 122 kW/tonne
Sneaky ST - Ford Focus ST (2006) - 119 kW/tonne
Eireal - Honda Civic 1.6 VTEC (1999) - 119 kW/tonne
Lucifer - Nissan Pulsar 1.6 VZ-R (n/a) - 118 kW/tonne
CrowdedHouse _ VW Golf GTI (2006) - 107 kW/tonne
TCP/IP - MG Tf (n/a) - 107 kW/tonne
Ernie_Ball - Toyota MR2 Roadster (n/a) - 106 kW/tonne
Ned78 - Mini Cooper S (2007) - 106 kW/tonne
Omega man - Skoda Octavia vRS (n/a) - 105 kW/tonne
Paulos - Saab 93ss Aero (n.a) - 103 kW/tonne
Gerry - Saab 900 Turbo (1991) - 101 kW/tonne
NeilW - Seat Leon Cupra 180 (na) - 100 kW/tonne
Intercepter - Fiat Cinqucento (n/a) - 98 kW/tonne
Unkel - BMW 735i (1996) - 97 kW/tonne
Kbannon - BMW 523i (1997) - 93 kW/tonne
Vevex Audi A3 1.8t - 93 kW/tonne
Rebel.ranter - BMW 525i (2002) - 88 kW/tonne
Zuutroy - Toyota Sera - (1991) - 85 kW/tonne
Lafors - Honda Civic 1.8 Saloon (2006) - 83 kW/tonne
DeBeere - Range Rover (2005) - 82 kW/tonne
SteKelly - Renauly Safrane 2.5 - 82 kW/tonne
RobAMerc - BMW 320 Ci Conv. (n/a) - 79 kW/tonne
Fletch - Alfa 156(??) 1.6 (2003) - 77 kW/tonne
TheBazman - BMW 520d (n/a) - 76 kW/tonne
Onkle - Renault Laguna 1.9DCi(130) (2005) - 75 kW/tonne
Mik_da_man - Focus 1.6 (2006) - 67 kW/tonne
Stephen - Hyundai Coupe (2002) - 63 kW/tonne
Padraig_Mor - Rover 75 - 63 kW/tonne
Mukki - Peugeot 306 (n/a) - 61 kW/tonne
Dustub - VW Tourag - 57 kW/tonne
Peasent - Suzuki Jimny - 56 kW/tonne
Max Damage - Nissan Micra (1990) - 49 kW/tonne
Cash - 'Gaz 66' Russian made truck - 25 kW/tonne

Modified cars
Cpoh - Nissan Skyline R32 - 188 kW/tonne
Stevo11 - Mazda Mx5 (1991) - 154 kW/tonne
Sparks400 - BMW 320d (E46) (Chipped) - 97 kW/tonne

Bikes
Intercepter - Honda CBR600 - 464 kW/tonne
Ned78 - Ducati 916 - 407 kW/tonne

Gary ITR

He He Renault Laguna 2005 1.9 dCI... Lets see who'll beat me.....:D

1350kg

96kw (130hp)

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71kw per tonne

Owen

I'm assuming you're going for Bhp converted to Kws. If it was Torque, it'd be a different game.

Horsepower :
2007 MINI Cooper S 128Kw/1205kgs = 106kw per Metric Tonne.

Torque :
2007 MINI Cooper S 260nm/1205kgs = 215nm per Metric Tonne.

Mayshine

Not interested in torque for this - so please dont quote.

Power to weight gives the best indication of acceleration and is what the thread is about. Cheers

DeBeere

03 Range Rover

Curb Weight:2,570KG

Power:282BHP

peasant

Mayshine wrote:

Power to weight gives the best indication of acceleration and is what the thread is about. Cheers

provided that the gearing is right

Suzuki Jimny: 1120 kg / 63 KW (respectable enough for a 1.3)
acceleration 0 - 50 kmh plenty quick; 0 - 100 kmh around 20 seconds

Max_Damage

1990 Nissan Micra 1.0L

4 speed manual

50bhp (when new; probably 35-40bhp now)

Weight: 750kg

0-60mph: 2½ years

50-70mph: Just don't bother.

Funxy

Lotus Elise 111r

Weight: 879

Power: 189 bhp



P.s can you let us know how the calculations work?

mloc123

Toyota MR2 Turbo.

Weight: 1260kg
Power: 245Bhp (183 kW)

Ratio: 194Bhp/Tonne (145kW/Tonne)

0-60: 5.56
0-100: 13.91

All manufacturers figures so probably not very accurate

Edit: Added kW figures

CrowdedHouse

2006 VW Golf MkV GTI

200bhp/147 Kw

1372 Kg

dubstub

2006 VW Touareg - 128kw, 400Nm, 2235kg

Fey!

1998 BMW 520i

Weight - c. 1500kg
Power - 150BHP

neacy69

2003 Alfa Romeo 1.6ts

weight - 1250 (i think)

power - 110kw (i think)

fletch

neacy69 wrote:

2003 Alfa Romeo 1.6ts

weight - 1250 (i think)

power - 110kw (i think)

110kw = 150bhp from a 1.6...I don't think so

Biro

neacy69 wrote:

2003 Alfa Romeo 1.6ts

weight - 1250 (i think)

power - 110kw (i think)

If you're a 1.6 in the alfa range then you're either 105bhp which is 77kw or 120bhp which is 88kw.
So far as I know, the older 1.8ts is roughly 103kw (140bhp)

sneakyST

06 Focus ST
165.5 kW (225 PS)
(kg) 1392

TCP/IP

Mg Tf

160 Bhp
1115kg

RobAMerc

bmw 320ci convertible.

1600kg / 127kw = slow

Stephen

2002 Hyundai Coupe 1.6
A whopping 105bhp (78.3 kW I think)
1233 Kg

5500

Honda civic 99 1.6 - 119kw 1000kg

fletch

eireal wrote:

Honda civic 99 1.6 - 119kw 1000kg

ah yeh I know the v-tecs are capable of it...but I didn't think Alfa was....

omega man

06 Skoda Octavia vRS MKII

Skoda official figs: Power:147KW Weight: 1400KG = 105KW/Tonne

junkyard

01 BMW E39 M5 1794.9KG 400BHP (294.4KW)

00 Audi S8 1723 KG 360BHP (265KW)

unkel

'96 BMW 735i - 173KW / 1,790KG => 97 KW / tonne

cpoh1

92 R32 GTR skyline, 385bhp at the fly at 0.9bar with stage1 modifications on 95 unleaded. Think she weighed in at 1520kgs at the last nct.

MarkN

07 Audi S3

1455 KG

195 KW

neacy69

fletch wrote:

110kw = 150bhp from a 1.6...I don't think so

sorry took the details from an aussie site which i didnt realise was actually the facelift model (and the wrong engine!!!)

so....
2003 Alfa Romeo 1.6ts (presume its the 105BHP model?)

weight - 1250

power - 77kw

Interceptor

Fiat Cinquecento 85bhp 640kg

Honda CBR600 105BHP 168kg

'cptr

cpoh1

eireal wrote:

Honda civic 99 1.6 - 119kw 1000kg

Not trying to start a slagging match but unless your car has all sound proofing removed, not seats at all and every imaginable extra removed (air con, power steering etc.) then it is nowhere near the 1000kgs mark. Most civics weigh in at closer to 1200kg (have a look at your nect cert!). My old mk2 crx was 1050kgs and it was a tin can, my dc teg was 1100kgs and theyre designed with weight reduction in mind.

Guy:Incognito

Not fair, my car weighs 1530kg iirc and is auto.

97 Renault Safrane 2.5 Auto,168bhp

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/specs/data-detail.aspx?deriv=12572

rebel.ranter

2002 525iA: 1603Kg, 192BHP=> 141.12kW => 129BHP/1000kg

1996 320iC (Conv): 1485kg, 150BHP => 110.25kW => 101BHP/1000kg

FYI: 0.735 BHP = 1kW