Glossary / Suspension

wheel horsepower

21 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

Wheel horsepower is how much power actually reaches the wheels, after some gets lost in gears and other parts inside the car.

Technical Definition

Wheel horsepower is the power measured at the wheels of a vehicle, accounting for losses in the drivetrain such as the transmission and differential.

Hear It Discussed

"[4899.4s] A camaro the single turbo 900 wheel horsepower and a mini cooper s with suspension and bolt-ons"
Cars for Swinging?; Puncture; Mecum Results; More! The Smoking Tire 21:39

"which should probably get you, I don't know, about six seventy at the tires. Yeah, it's about six. I think we calculated it to be about six sixty six seventy at the tires."
CarCast+Edmunds - Issues with the Edmunds Ford Performance Supercharged Mustang Dark Horse CarCast 31:19

"My son just last year was brought home in a white sapphire Cosworth with 420 wheel horsepower. [2194.3s] That's good. [2194.9s] Crazy."
C.R.E.A.M. #90 - Ben Wants a 458, Lorry Chat and Quail Update C.R.E.A.M. (The TDC Podcast) 36:28