50 little known facts about engines.

I ran across this article. I found it interesting. Thought I would share. Not responsible for accuracy of facts. Hope you like it as much as I did.
50 facts

[color=blue:7b6018fa9d]#43[/color:7b6018fa9d] says [color=blue:7b6018fa9d]1 horse = 7hp.[/color:7b6018fa9d]
[color=blue:7b6018fa9d]#44[/color:7b6018fa9d] says [color=blue:7b6018fa9d]car with 150hp engine = 214 horses.[/color:7b6018fa9d]
Some of that new gov't math again??

[color=green:7b6018fa9d]#36[/color:7b6018fa9d] says [color=green:7b6018fa9d]The four common types of car engines are Straight, Inline, V and Flat. These refer to the cylinder layouts in the engine.[/color:7b6018fa9d]
Shows what I know. I always thought straight, inline and flat all meant the same thing.

[color=blue:7b6018fa9d]29. 1957 is that first time a car engine had a computer component. The 1957 AMC Rambler Rebel had the first electronic fuel injection system (EFI) designed for a production car.[/color:7b6018fa9d]
I didn't know this.

[color=green:7b6018fa9d]26. Your car consumes 1.6 ounces of gas for every one minute it idles.[/color:7b6018fa9d]
That's why I have a truck. If you're gonna drink, drink hardy! *lol*

[color=blue:7b6018fa9d]25. Your car consumes .5 ounces of gas on start-up. If you’re going to idle for more than 30 seconds, it is more fuel efficient to turn off and restart your car.[/color:7b6018fa9d]
They obviously live in a warm climate. Lotsa folks never shut their engine off on them cold -40F days, some even leaving their engine idling while at work! :shock:

[color=green:7b6018fa9d]22. Cold air is thicker and denser than warm air, affecting aerodynamic drag on your vehicle. Your car works harder to perform normally in the cold.[/color:7b6018fa9d]
Yup, and it's harder to get out of bed on them colder days, too!

[color=blue:7b6018fa9d]8. The average school bus has an engine with 220-300HP and about 550 pounds of torque. The highest rated torque in a standard pickup is the Ford F-150, which has 470 pounds of torque.[/color:7b6018fa9d]
That's quite misleading. Like comparing a smaller claw hammer to a large ball peen hammer.

There is so much BS and just plain wrong information there I couldn't stand it after about 10 clicks.

That jet engine they claim is "the biggest in the world" would darn near fit in the cylinder bores of some marine diesels.

I always struggle with clickbait. Guess I need some sort of ad blocker.

(quoted from post at 12:52:12 10/16/18) I always struggle with clickbait. Guess I need some sort of ad blocker.

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ust say no!

TIM: Clickbait ..... never heard of that term, a great definition for sure ... and I must admit that I have
experienced a number of those top 25 or whatever they get you to visit (curiosity being the reason
probably). The ones that get me are the "what do they look like now" (like Tiger Woods' ex-wife, etc).
Even the fastest computers likely struggle with moving through those different parts of the list. Do you
think that anyone ever stays till the end?

#36 says The four common types of car engines are Straight, Inline, V and Flat. These refer to the cylinder layouts in the engine.

Shows what I know. I always thought straight, inline and flat all meant the same thing.
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Straight and inline mean the same thing, flat is like a Volkswagen Bug engine or a Subaru flat 4.

I agree with everyone else. This is just click bait intended to generate advertising revenue for someone. I stop at the first page. This is unfortunate as some of the stories might be interesting, but the drawn out sequence wastes time and money. These could be listed on one page.

People should be irritated and insulted being treated like "rats in a Skinner box". Press that bar or button.

The "horse power" thing got my curiosity up, did some looking around.

Found this on Wikipedia:

In 1993, R. D. Stevenson and R. J. Wassersug published correspondence in Nature summarizing measurements and calculations of peak and sustained work rates of a horse.[13] Citing measurements made at the 1926 Iowa State Fair, they reported that the peak power over a few seconds has been measured to be as high as 14.9 hp (11.1 kW)[14] and also observed that for sustained activity, a work rate of about 1 hp (0.75 kW) per horse is consistent with agricultural advice from both the 19th and 20th centuries and also consistent with a work rate of about 4 times the basal rate expended by other vertebrates for sustained activity.

That said, I would challenge any engineer to design a machine with a 1 HP motor that weighed 1200 lbs, that could accelerate, spin, buck, bite, kick, run, and stop as fast as a spooked horse! LOL