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Originally posted by russotto
Sure, they both run on gasoline, right? Of course, it is a silly comparison -- but it only underscores the meaninglessness of hp/l as a measure of performance.
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A motor and human both run on alcohol. Using your logic, we should compare the performance of these two "apples and oranges".
However if we used valid statistics, then clearly horsepower per liter is a standard measure of performance for internal combustion engines of the same technology.
Then there is always someone who wants to distort numbers to compare a Stanley steamer (external combustion) engine to a Diesel (internal combustion) engine just to prove themselves correct. The Stanley Steamer has a big boiler, therefore lower performance?
Russotto - performance is measured by horsepower per liter which proves that the 5.0 Liter Mustang is one of the world's low performance engines. Ford engineers knew this. They also knew that many don't understand performance (or cars) and therefore would buy these obsolete technologies as if they were high tech. Your comparison of 'apples to oranges' only suggests that you are a target market for this low performance, high volume, overhyped, low reliability vehicle. People who know cars understand that the 5.0 Mustang (and most GM cars) are low performance vehicles - products to be avoided due to their obsolete technologies, low reliabilities, and excessively high prices.
People who know race cars also know that NASCAR are low performance, obsolete technology race cars. Ahhh but hype is what attracts those who 'feel' rather than 'think'. Most NASCAR fans who also don't know anything about racing. Of course a NASCAR fan probably would not say "anything". He would say "shit". But then that also is indicative of his knowledge.