Hi All,
I always wondered how Acura arrived to these numbers: 270HP and 238 lb of torque? What are the conditions they run the tests under? Do these figures appy to the actual engine tested on the bench or car itself?
If we go by Dyno charts posted on this forum, our stock TLs will get a pitty average of 200 HP and 190 lb of torque at wheels!
What are the figures you guys got?

 

The engine itself??

 

270/238 is to the flywheel. Every car company reports HP/Trq that way. The actual power to the wheels is much less.

 

Why, are you unhappy with the HP? The car is fast enough. You should have gotten a G35 coupe if you wanted something faster or better yet a Corvette.

 

Chill out my friend.....I am not unhappy with my car....I am just trying to understand how things are done. It is new to me that the actual HP and torque are measured at flywheel and that's why I couldn't explain the "delta factor" between what we see on paper and what we get at the wheels.