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Default Snow blower power ratings

Van Chocstraw wrote:
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CC's equate more to Cubic Inches. Foot pounds equate to horsepower.


cc and ci are both displacements, yes.

torque and horsepower aren't the same units at all---

Multiply horsepower by 33,000 to get foot pounds.


So a 3hp lawnmower has almost 100,000 ft-lb of torque??? Amazing! Them
are some stout crankshafts...

Actually hp*33,000 -- ft-lbs/minute, _not_ ft-lb (as the table shows).
The "per minute" part is significant here.

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