looking for power to weight ratios

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draaz1 · #1 Post by **draaz1** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 6:58 am

hey guys, I am on a formula sae team at LSU and were are researching different engines to use. Problem is that i can't find any power to weight ratios for different engines. Our limit is 600cc, but we were thinking of going with something smaller and using a turbo. Any help would be greatly appreciated. E-mail me if you can, thanks again.

dean raaz
draaz1@lsu.edu

-Holiday · #2 Post by **-Holiday** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:07 am

i thought two strokes had a higher power to weight ratio....

DivideOverflow · #3 Post by **DivideOverflow** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 9:20 am

We used a gixxer 600cc motor the formula sae team at UCF. (for one of them anyway).

I thought turbos weren't allowed for sae competition rules....

Any sportbike 600cc should give good a power to weight ratio. I don't know the weight of the engines, but the horsepower is pretty readily available if you google them.

draaz1 · #4 Post by **draaz1** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:36 am

we can only use 4 strokes, and we can use turbos