Scangauge II Horsepower Reading

[hjbpnb]

What is the music for ???

Could do without it !!

[hksp]

nice song

[vince710]

does this measure 0-60 time?

[texturedmuffin]

The Horsepower gauge tutorial is available on the scangauge website. Look for the "how to display horsepower as an XGauge function" link. On a different note, is this echo a manual transmission or the automatic?

[leasaunce]

Manual transmission.

[XxXalimarXxX]

106 to the wheel?! :O hahaha I have a lil 4 door and im making 200 at the crank about 165+ to the wheels...

[TAKENbytheBEST32102]

@XxXalimarXxX it gives you the hp to the rpm you are at ,,,,,,not the top numbers,,,,

[mattrunner]

hi!I'm from Italy and I got a yaris (Echo) 1.0 (1sz-fe) and I bought in the States scangaugeII, but i don't see the Horsepower gauge...

can u halp me? thanks

[naeallen]

Yes, ethanol gives higher horsepower, but lower fuel economy, according to the IndyCar entry on Wikipedia.

[hites05]

Well, depending upon how flexible the cars ECU is. If E85 has a 110 octane rating, so if you're driving a modified car, you can squeeze out more power with some tuning without dieseling.

[a1mint]

Octane does not equal horsepower I think.

If you're filling high octane gas at the gas pump thinking that you'll get more horsepower just because, well, then you're wasting your money.

[hites05]

Exactly. A higher octane fuel has a higher resistance to knock or combust, if you will. Cars that require a higher octane usually have higher cylinder pressures which would make a lower octane fuel possibly diesel.

[ddog92841]

Actually, that's to be expected. Ethanol, while it does contain less energy per gallon, is a higher octane (E85 is 105 octane, I believe), and thus gives you more HP.

[kjkolkowski]

octane= resistance to detonation. meaning, when the piston is compressing the fuel and air mixture in the combustion chamber, the fuel is not going to "explode" in the chamber before the spark plug has a chance to ignite the fuel air mixture thus creating a controlled, efficient burn. so higher octane will give you more efficiency, power, and less detonation in high-demand situations like red-line driving.