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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 08:59 AM
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horsepower...
what exactly does it mean? i never understood.
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 10:21 AM
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You didnt know there were a bunch of mini horses running inside your motor?
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 12:05 PM
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Horse power in basis terms is the engines ability to do work over time/distance. In this case the work is moving the car.
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 12:12 PM
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HowstuffWorks is always a good place to find out things:

here is where they explain horsepower:
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/horsepower.htm
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 02:17 PM
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You didnt know there were a bunch of mini horses running inside your motor?
ahahah what a joker...
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by plyboy-illest
ahahah what a joker...
You mean there arent mini horses in there?
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 03:55 PM
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yea....horses that eat octane....
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 05:21 PM
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isnt it ponies?

oh wait.. thats mustang LOL
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Old Apr 25, 2005 | 01:24 PM
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isnt it ponies?

oh wait.. thats mustang LOL


no words can describe how funny that was
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 03:19 AM
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but wait the Quaker state commercial told me there were horses in my motor? maybe thats only on stis?
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