Horsepower Estimator

Simple Excel model to calculate the expected power output from an internal combustion engine.

Inputs accounted for include engine displacement, compression ratio and engine speed.

Use Cases

Some benefits:

• Understand if potential is being left on the table. Example
• Validate power claims. See this Mechanics.SE Q&A
• Establish engine design targets

Future Work

This would be ideal to roll up along with other engine sizing calculation routines to publish as a web service or Docker container. Maybe F# or Raku?

It would also benefit tremendously from robust engineering units management.