Miata Mailing List: October 1999, Message #62

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>Well I still vote for drivetrain loss to be a fixed amount.  There is
>another option here you fail to take into account.  Who says this engine
>is really making 240 HP???  What if this is a Mustang Cobra deal here
>and the engine is really only making 220 HP??

Check the Miatapower archives for Shiv's post on drivetrain loss a year or
so ago.  Very interesting and logical.  A rough summation:  it's a
combination of both a fixed amount and a proportion of the power....

Keith