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del p

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gpa power outputs?
« on: January 23, 2009, 04:23:36 PM »
Speaking to some dealers and friends in italy speculation is that abarth are being conservative about horse power outputs
Abarth quote 155 hp but rumors are that outputs may exceed 160 hp in standard trim ?  ;D
I wonder  if there is any truth in this ?
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Re: gpa power outputs?
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2009, 04:56:19 PM »
All manufacturers under quote the power output of their engines. The reason for this is if you are sold a car and quoted 155 bhp and then have it tested and it turns out to be 140 bhp you could then sue the manufacturer for there false claims. If they say itss 155 and it turns out to be 160 you are hardly likely to complain.
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Re: gpa power outputs?
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2009, 04:58:43 PM »
i know the 1.4 bravo's at red dot where kicking out just over 160 bhp and the abarth GP has the same engine correct?

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Re: gpa power outputs?
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2009, 05:31:36 PM »
correct
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del p

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Re: gpa power outputs?
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2009, 07:10:17 PM »
nice one john sounds about right :thumb:
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« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2009, 07:47:18 PM »
They can be quite hard to measure i beelive...power outputs.
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« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2009, 08:20:56 PM »
Indee, but we've got ours on a rolling road next week end.  So we'll see what the SS puts out  ;)
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« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2009, 08:22:58 PM »
I'd be interested in the results. :thumb:
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del p

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Re: gpa power outputs?
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2009, 09:10:42 PM »
getting the ss on the rolling road will be interesting old boy hopefully it will kick out more than than the quoted 180bhp :thumb:
I read a while ago on the FF about a standard 120t jet pushing close to 140bhp before an attempted remap?lets wait and see
Keep us posted  :)
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« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2009, 12:09:35 PM »
We're planning on doing a dyno test here in Slovenia and I'll report what a standard AGP does. There will be also a guy with a standard T-Jet....I'll let you know...
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« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2009, 01:06:56 PM »
cheers :)gofra this will be very interesting im expecting great results
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Re: gpa power outputs?
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2009, 05:30:03 PM »
Quote from: Old Boy on January 23, 2009, 08:20:56 PM
Indee, but we've got ours on a rolling road next week end.  So we'll see what the SS puts out  ;)

id be interested too as I know of 3 that have been put on and have not even reached 180bhp!!!! (they all came in between 174-178bhp)
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Re: gpa power outputs?
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2009, 07:34:37 PM »
Hmmm maybe I should get my SS rolling-roaded.
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Re: gpa power outputs?
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2009, 11:01:32 PM »
that could be due to the engine still being new monkey mentioned the fact that he noticed a significant difference in performance between a ss he had just fitted and a ss that he drove which was ran in on another thread
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« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2009, 10:02:56 AM »
Don't rolling roads vary in accuracy? Won't climate conditions make a difference too?
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