Howard wrote:

Paul:
    Someone sent me a chart showing one of the Soob engines performance and
economy figures.......   The bottom line on the chart is obviously a fuel
consumption chart  {BSFC} in some form} but in no figures that make sense to
me.     I thought it might be grams per horsepower hour, but the fuel
consumption is too high for this.   What they are showing is obvious, but in
what units of measurement is a mystery to me.     I took the liberty of
sending this to you as I assumed you were better versed in Japanese
units......   I'd appreciate your opinion.

                   H.W.

Looks like grams per KW (KiloWatt) hour to me. Fuel consumption is right in 
the ball park for a turbo engine at full power. I have included the Mazda Lemans
engine chart for comparison. The Mazda engine is in grams per KW hour
and .745 KW is equal to one HP. One gram is equal to .022 pound. The
Soob chart is labeled g/ps-h which usually means HP and not KWs but I think
it was a mistake in translation.

Paul Lamar
 
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