"Steve Barker" wrote in message
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Worn Out Retread wrote:
I am looking for a new snow blower and have discovered that the power
rating of the engines are no longer in "Horse Power" but in "Foot Pounds"
if given at all. Sometimes all that is given is the CC's of the engine.

Even the people selling these machines don't know what the "Horse Power"
ratings are so that old geezers like myself can understand what is going
on. Does anyone have any general rules regarding the conversion of Foot
Pounds or CC's to Horse Power?


the HP is really irrelevant. Don't worry about it.

I guess that you are only going to look at your machine and not actually do
some work with it. Work requires power and knowing what you have IS
important.