# Whats this Unit? **URL:** \ **Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\ **Created:** [July 7, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-this-unit/143216 "2006-07-07T22:31:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Last\_Fuse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/last_fuse/32/5847_2.png) [@Last\_Fuse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Last_Fuse)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-this-unit/143216/1 "2006-07-07T22:31:36Z")
Alright, after about 3 hours of my life wasted by google, yahoo, altavista to name a few… What the heck is the unit known as “PS” equal to in normal units like HP or kW… I know its a Unit for power, and the japanese use it, but i cant find a converter or any information on it… Help… ---
**Author:** ![ChukiRPS13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@ChukiRPS13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ChukiRPS13)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-this-unit/143216/2 "2006-07-07T22:45:59Z")
I googled and found “pferdestärke”. ---
**Author:** ![lourens13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@lourens13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/lourens13)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-this-unit/143216/3 "2006-07-07T22:51:42Z")
1 PS = 0.9863201652997627 hp ---
**Author:** ![Last\_Fuse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/last_fuse/32/5847_2.png) [@Last\_Fuse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Last_Fuse)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-this-unit/143216/4 "2006-07-07T22:53:13Z")
I knew i shouldnt have been distracted by my need to find a decent turbo for my set up, thanks and i admit i’m an idiot who cant find stuff… Thanks… ---
**Author:** ![SRBURG13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@SRBURG13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRBURG13)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-this-unit/143216/5 "2006-07-08T00:46:37Z")
> [@ChukiRPS13](#): > > I googled and found “pferdestärke”. That literally means “horsepower” in German. All of the european countries measure their vehicles power in PS. I think North America are the only ones using HP. ---
**Author:** ![Buddyworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85e7bf/32.png) [@Buddyworm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Buddyworm)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-this-unit/143216/6 "2006-07-08T10:42:32Z")
I wonder how europe and america wound up with two different values for the same measurement. Different horse? 😛 B-Wurm 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Impact\_Blue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/impact_blue/32/5807_2.png) [@Impact\_Blue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Impact_Blue)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-this-unit/143216/7 "2006-07-08T11:35:05Z")
> [@Buddyworm](#): > > I wonder how europe and america wound up with two different values for the same measurement. Different horse? 😛 > > B-Wurm 😃 It sounded “tougher” ---
**Author:** ![Last\_Fuse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/last_fuse/32/5847_2.png) [@Last\_Fuse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Last_Fuse)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-this-unit/143216/8 "2006-07-08T12:19:19Z")
Maybe we should use PS instead of HP… or at least kW… those sound cooler… except maybe the kW… then it sounds like an eletric car… ---
**Author:** ![SRBURG13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@SRBURG13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRBURG13)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-this-unit/143216/9 "2006-07-08T12:28:43Z")
Kinda like Imperial and Metric? ---
**Author:** ![Last\_Fuse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/last_fuse/32/5847_2.png) [@Last\_Fuse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Last_Fuse)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-this-unit/143216/10 "2006-07-08T12:37:48Z")
Metric was based on a base 10 system… intervals that are directly related to 10 of a unit of 10 of 10 of a unit… etc… Imperial, lets just say that barely has any directly related intervals… Look up the British unit of Slug, 14.59390 kilograms… i swear they just make them up… heh, we should make up a unit… for power… ---
**Author:** ![DoubleDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@DoubleDown](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DoubleDown)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-this-unit/143216/11 "2006-07-08T14:47:07Z")
> [@Fallen](#): > > i swear they just make them up… They did, literally, just make them up 🙂 Mostly old King’s, if you read the history books. - Mike ---
**Author:** ![Invalid\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@Invalid\_Zero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Invalid_Zero)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-this-unit/143216/12 "2006-07-09T00:34:42Z")
> [@Fallen](#): > > heh, we should make up a unit… for power… How about ninja power? Can’t beat that for cool. ---
**Author:** ![Variable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/cab0a1/32.png) [@Variable](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Variable)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-this-unit/143216/13 "2006-07-09T11:14:05Z")
The funny thing is that originally horsepower was taken from small horses used in mines. So a large horse like a clydesdale actually makes well over one HP. It was originally used as a measurement for trains. ---
**Author:** ![PyreXXX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@PyreXXX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PyreXXX)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-this-unit/143216/14 "2006-07-09T18:43:17Z")
It was an english gray horse, if I remember my auto history correctly. I believe the actual defenition of one horsepower was the amount of work one english gray horse could do in a single day. Silly Brits. :E EDIT: Nevermind, that turns out not to be the actual history of the horsepower. It does however make for a good story. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jdms13rhd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@jdms13rhd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jdms13rhd)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-this-unit/143216/15 "2006-07-10T09:27:43Z")
what is the equasion for kw to hp??? Damn ausies! I never quite got the exact amount. ---
**Author:** ![Variable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/cab0a1/32.png) [@Variable](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Variable)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-this-unit/143216/16 "2006-07-10T09:56:40Z")
[http://www.bikez.com/conv/power.php](http://www.bikez.com/conv/power.php) Forget math, the internet is your friend. ---
**Author:** ![TyPhOOn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/typhoon/32/5800_2.png) [@TyPhOOn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TyPhOOn)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-this-unit/143216/17 "2006-07-10T10:09:14Z")
damn american units of measurement … PS and Bar ftw ---
**Author:** ![imported\_BeNDeR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/57b2e6/32.png) [@imported\_BeNDeR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_BeNDeR)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-this-unit/143216/18 "2006-07-11T13:14:40Z")
> [@2003specv](#): > > How about ninja power? Can’t beat that for cool. 300 ninja’s under my hood baby 8)