On the HKS website they list their turbos in PS in terms of output, so instead of bothering people on the forum about how much each turbo produces can I just have a conversion from PS to PSI or horsepower or whatever the hell it'd convert into? I know generally what turbos are too big or too small for what I want, but I want to do some shopping around to get exactly what I want and for the price I want. Also, if anybody could point me in the direction of what all the technical stats of the turbo charger mean, can you explain this random turbo I picked from the site...

HKS GT2835 Pro S - 420 PS Output

COMPRESSOR:
-Wheel- 56 Trim - 53.1 Inducer / 71.1 Major
-Housing- 100 Inlet / 50 Outlet - 0.50 A/R
TURBINE:
-Wheel- 84 Trim - 56.5 Major / 51.8 Exducer
-Housing- T3 inlet / Outlet spec:
Internal GT-Pro; 0.68, 0.87 A/R

 

I think they're just talking about how much power it can support. PS is the metric equivalent of HP. 420 PS = 414.25 HP.

 

Yeah, PS is a German kinda-metric horsepower rating. It's close enough to horsepower to be equivalent.

FYI, PS is the acronym for the German word for horsepower. Can't remember the exact word, however .

Dale

 

I believe it's:

Pferdestärken

just the words for Horse and Power stuck together...

 

go to www.sciencemadesimple.com for all your conversion needs

 

i've looked it up before. i thought 1 hp is 1.04 ps. that's why the 280ps "limit" in japan works out to 276hp, but if you do the math, 280ps is 269hp.
you know what, just ignore me. i don't think i know what i'm talking about.