Power to Weight Ratio

[Chris Stoffel]

I started thinking the other day, something that I very seldom do. I thought about power to weight ratios. When one devides the power(Kw) by the weight of the vehicle.

For my Samurai that has 51Kw and weighs 950kg the power to weight ratio is 0.053.
That means that I may very well have the strongest 4x4 on this here forum!

[Mad Manny]

I started thinking the other day, something that I very seldom do. I thought about power to weight ratios. When one devides the power(Kw) by the weight of the vehicle.

For my Samurai that has 51Kw and weighs 950kg the power to weight ratio is 0.053.
That means that I may very well have the strongest 4x4 on this here forum!

Fearless was 120kW & 2000kg = 0.060 which is more...

[Mad Manny]

FJ Cruiser 200kW & 1980Kg = 0.100

[Chris Stoffel]

A I6 4 Liter TJ Wrangler with 142Kw and 1500KG gives you 0.094.
But Wranglers don't count. Nothing can compete with them.

[Jeanvn]

A I6 4 Liter TJ Wrangler with 142Kw and 1500KG gives you 0.094.
But Wranglers don't count. Nothing can compete with them.

In the TJs case, power does not equal speed


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[Chris Stoffel]

FJ Cruiser 200kW & 1980Kg = 0.100

Does the FJ have a Toyota engine?

[Mad Manny]

Does the FJ have a Toyota engine?

Yes it does & unlike a Lexus luxury sedan motor - this one has the correct characteristics for an off road vehicle.

[ThysleRoux]

I started thinking the other day, something that I very seldom do. I thought about power to weight ratios. When one devides the power(Kw) by the weight of the vehicle.

For my Samurai that has 51Kw and weighs 950kg the power to weight ratio is 0.053.
That means that I may very well have the strongest 4x4 on this here forum!

Fearless was 120kW & 2000kg = 0.060 which is more...

WAS being the operative word here ^^^^^ - currently it is about double the weight (with Malman added to the equation) and half the optimistic Nippon power output claims .........................

[KurtG]

Pajero SWB 2010 version with 140KW, 2095 TARE mass: 66.8W/kg

[ThysleRoux]

I'll bite - 2000 WJ Grand Cherokee aka RooiTjiep: 175 kW/1840kg - 0.095kW/kg. Bring 'em on The correct way of expressing this is Watt/1kg, by the way. In this instance, it would be 95w/kg

[KurtG]

That’s what I said Thys

[ThysleRoux]

Agreed - but you were the first to do it right

[KurtG]

Agreed - but you were the first to do it right

#editpost

[XJ Junkie]

Isnt the correct way to express it Kw’s/Ton ?

[ThysleRoux]

Same result Neil (1 ton = 1000kg and 1kW = 1000 W)