Glossary / Suspension

wheel horsepower

16 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

"What kind of power are you putting out from the straight six? So this engine is currently tuned up for 800 wheel horsepower."
S3, E58 - SEMA 2025, Part 1 The Truck Show Podcast 13:08