Show POWER OF CAR NOT NOTS S J TEST OF ITS ABILITY j i Horsepower as a means of or ing Sag what the car will do means cr very little to the owner says Robert P. P Lay of the thc engineering dep department of the II I II Franklin Manufacturing Manufacturing- company company com corn pany of or Syracuse N N. Y Ability in a n. motor car Is determined b by tho the proportion tion lIon between power and aid weight Many all of or the big heavy pow high ered crocI motor cars cals can not equal the thc low- low powered po cheap cars carl in their ability to lImb climb hills and get away quickly This ring IE i In In n the light ht weight cur CUi each cach unit t O f horsepower Ver has less load to calr carry than In th this th-s large he heavy 1 care car e Ability can bo be determined by br four fixed factors the th actual horsepower the tho rear axle gear ratio the actual weight 1 of the car and the wheel diame dianic- ter Multiply l tho the horsepower b by the scar gear car ratio and divide b by the weight multiplied b by the wh wheel el diameter and you oU h have he e determined the ability of or tho the eai 11 U L S |