MPH or KPH

[troppo]

The common cubit or the royal cubit?

[Ryan]

MPH for sure, but when talking about power, KW sounds better. IMO

[XRchic]

MPH, even though I have grown up with metric. For drag racing, its the quarter mile and mph... although I am used to rwkw and not rwhp.... bizarre!

I think the car mags do KPH and 400m.... never seems quite right to me. But then, their times never seem quite right to me, and they measure it all differently, with a passenger and half a tank.... BAH. Need to get them out and do some real drag racing!

Hehe.

[ratter]

Originally Posted by XRchic

I think the car mags do KPH and 400m.... never seems quite right to me.
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400 m is not the same as 1/4 mile, it is slightly shorter.

[nugget378]

Originally Posted by Ryan

MPH for sure, but when talking about power, KW sounds better. IMO

KW is just :ymca: IMO.
Just sounds a bit ricey to me, HP rules:

[PhantomXR8]

See, it all depends on what car you're talking about. I can relate to 300 or 400HP XY or XA for example, too strange quoting KW for these great machines. When we're talking a BA XR8 or GT though it has to be in KW, it's what we're used to.

[Quadcams]

Originally Posted by PhantomXR8

See, it all depends on what car you're talking about. I can relate to 300 or 400HP XY or XA for example, too strange quoting KW for these great machines. When we're talking a BA XR8 or GT though it has to be in KW, it's what we're used to.

But saying it in hp definately makes you feel better :

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by PhantomXR8

See, it all depends on what car you're talking about. I can relate to 300 or 400HP XY or XA for example, too strange quoting KW for these great machines. When we're talking a BA XR8 or GT though it has to be in KW, it's what we're used to.

Yeah for old muscle cars, I can relate to HP alot more, because of the American influence, alot of old school Aussie cars have been attached too, but cars such as Skylines, SSs, Supras, XR8s, EVOs etc sound better in KW.

[Melz]

Originally Posted by Ryan

but cars such as Skylines, SSs, Supras, XR8s, EVOs etc sound better in KW.

Yeah, and then you can compare them to lawnmowers.....

[XRchic]

Originally Posted by ratter

400 m is not the same as 1/4 mile, it is slightly shorter.

Thats right, that was kinda my point... they use a different distance/measurement for something that we compare our times to. Ie, its not quite an accurate comparison.

Originally Posted by Melz

Yeah, and then you can compare them to lawnmowers.....

Bwahahahahaha.

One question? Compare them in the sound or power context????

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[tufLTD]

Originally Posted by Work Horse

Got to be MPH

Some things just don't sound right going metric.
Length of your willy got to be in inches...

Millimeters might be more accurate for some of us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : Did I say that out loud???????????? :

[8pAc]

It should be MPH for sure. On another side note bit off topic. Up here in QLD i heard a rumour that the 1/4 mile was going to be reduced to 360m or something?