I) Automobile-Catalog Database (world reference)
II) Cars in direct link (gradual addition)
I) Automobile-Catalog Database (world reference)
PerfectPower gives you access to the most reliable and comprehensive automotive database in the world, both by the number of cars it contains (hundreds of thousands!), and by the number of technical data for each car!
However, this database is not yet completely finished, its designer and his team proceed alphabetically and are currently working on letter S (Seat, Suzuki, etc.), and therefore a certain number of models are missing in the brands starting from letter S (S, T, etc). In this case, I offer a solution for PerfectPower users below in chapter 2.
Note 1: It is to this database that you must refer to enter the 8 basic data of your Car sheet necessary for power measurements:
- Car weight
- Engine Displacement
- Number of cylinders
- Transmission
- Tyres dimension
- Gear ratios
- Final ratio
- Cd.A
Note 2: The data in this database being those of strictly original cars, you may need to customize them if your car is not completely original (car weight, tyres dimension, etc)
Note 3: Here are important notes regarding some of these parameters:
- The car weight given in the Automobile-Catalog is the weight announced by the manufacturer (curb weight, which means without occupants or baggages... BUT with all fluids and in particular the full tank of fuel), but alas the manufacturer weights are sometimes optimistic (and in a very variable way according to the manufacturers / models...), and it can be useful in certain cases to weigh your car on a precision scale (especially if it has been modified!) or to look for its true weight on specialized websites such as those of car magazines which often weigh cars on precision scales, and according to the same standard as the manufacturer. However, help is provided below in chapter 2 for a certain number of cars.
- Remember to take into account the level of fuel present in the car at the time of the measurements! An example: your car is announced at 1300 kg with the full tank, but you only have half a tank of 60 L ==> you will have to enter 1300 - [(60-30) * 0.75] = 1277.5 kg or 1277 kg rounded (note: calculation with conventional gasoline of average density 0.75)
- The Tyres dimension to enter is always that of the drive wheels, and for a four-wheel drive it is always that of the rear tyres (and whether the fit is symmetrical or asymmetrical)
- The number of gear ratios has been deliberately limited to 7 in the application, which covers well over 99% of the cars in circulation on the planet, thank you for your understanding! In any case, the power measurements only having to be performed in 2nd or 3rd gear with a serial car, the setting of all the other gears is only used for the performances simulator, and not setting gears 8 and + on a gearbox with more than 7 gears will make absolutely no difference on the results provided by the simulator, with the only possible exception of the max speed.
- It is possible with PerfectPower not to have to configure the gearbox and final ratios by carrying out a procedure identical in all respects to that systematically used on chassis dynamometers: the rev calibration (guide, chapter IV-6)
- It is also possible with PerfectPower not to have to configure the Cd.A by choosing to use the losses calculation mode by measure in coastdown for power measurements (guide, chapter I). However, this procedure is not specially recommended because of the relative difficulty of implementation on open road, not to mention that it is not possible in any case with an automatic gearbox.
- The Cd.A given in the Automobile-Catalog is generally that announced by the manufacturer (marked claimed) and this one is perfectly reliable, but it is sometimes a value estimated by calculation (marked estimated by a-c) and in this case the value given, although generally not very far from the real value, has a certain margin of error. However, just like for the car weight, help is provided below in chapter 2 for a certain number of cars.
II) Cars in direct link (gradual addition)
Direct links to this Automobile-Catalog database concerning a certain number of cars (especially sporty or sporty-oriented) are gradually being added in this chapter, and to both help you AND make the data even more reliable (car weight, Cd.A), the detail of the 8 basic data of the car is given to you just below the link and from left to right according to the following nomenclature:
Line 1: Units commonly used in the world except USA & UK (Weight in kg Displacement in cm3 Cd.A in m2)
Line 2: Units commonly used in the USA and UK (Weight in lb Displacement in L Cd.A in m2)
Car weight (real weight measured with the PerfectPower scale or by a car magazine)
Engine Displacement
Number of cylinders
Transmission (F for FWD, R for RWD, A for AWD)
Tyres dimension
Gear ratios (from the first to the last -however limited to 7 as explained before-)
Final ratio
Cd.A (real Cd.A provided by the manufacturer or by a car magazine or by a serious website)
Note: The manufacturer's weight is indicated in parentheses to the right of the real weight.
Note to PerfectPower users only: If you wish that I add your car to this list (which includes the direct link and the detail of the 8 basic data), you can contact me by mail from the application (Email contact button located at the very bottom of the Setup screen) by giving me the make, model, and year of your car, and this one will be added within 24 hours following your request.
PerfectPower List (14 cars as of We 08032023)
Audi (3)
Audi S2 5-speed (217 hp) (1990-1993)
1474 kg (1420) - 2226 cm3 - 5 - A - 205/55R16 - 3.5/1.842/1.222/0.903/0.714 - 4.111 - 0.6
3250 lb (3131) - 2.226 L - 5 - A - 205/55R16 - 3.5/1.842/1.222/0.903/0.714 - 4.111 - 0.6
Audi S2 6-speed (227 hp) (1993-1996)
1562 kg (1525) - 2226 cm3 - 5 - A - 205/55R16 - 3.5/1.889/1.32/1.034/0.857/0.711 - 4.111 - 0.6
3444 lb (3362) - 2.226 L - 5 - A - 205/55R16 - 3.5/1.889/1.32/1.034/0.857/0.711 - 4.111 - 0.6
1630 kg (1595) - 2226 cm3 - 5 - A - 245/40R17 - 3.5/1.889/1.32/1.034/0.857/0.711 - 4.111 - 0.68
3593 lb (3516) - 2.226 L - 5 - A - 245/40R17 - 3.5/1.889/1.32/1.034/0.857/0.711 - 4.111 - 0.68
BMW (3)
BMW M3 E36 3.2 (316 hp) (1995-1999)
1474 kg (1460) - 3201 cm3 - 6 - R - 245/40R17 - 4.227/2.506/1.669/1.228/1/0.827 - 3.23 - 0.61
3250 lb (3219) - 3.201 L - 6 - R - 245/40R17 - 4.227/2.506/1.669/1.228/1/0.827 - 3.23 - 0.61
BMW M3 E46 (338 hp) (2000-2006)
1560 kg (1495) - 3246 cm3 - 6 - R - 255/40R18 - 4.227/2.528/1.669/1.226/1/0.828 - 3.625 - 0.66
3439 lb (3296) - 3.246 L - 6 - R - 255/40R18 - 4.227/2.528/1.669/1.226/1/0.828 - 3.625 - 0.66
BMW M3 E46 CSL (355 hp) (2003-2006)
1421 kg (1310) - 3246 cm3 - 6 - R - 265/30R19 - 4.227/2.528/1.669/1.226/1/0.828 - 3.625 - 0.66
3133 lb (2888) - 3.246 L - 6 - R - 265/30R19 - 4.227/2.528/1.669/1.226/1/0.828 - 3.625 - 0.66
VW (8)
Volkswagen Golf VII GTI (217 hp) (2013-2017)
1341 kg (1276) - 1984 cm3 - 4 - F - 225/45R17 - 3.769/2.087/1.469/1.152/0.934/0.776 - 3.45 - 0.68
2956 lb (2813) - 1.984 L - 4 - F - 225/45R17 - 3.769/2.087/1.469/1.152/0.934/0.776 - 3.45 - 0.68
Volkswagen Golf VII GTI DSG6 (217 hp) (2013-2017)
1382 kg (1295) - 1984 cm3 - 4 - F - 225/45R17 - 2.923/1.792/1.143/0.778/0.58/0.46 - 4.769 - 0.68
3047 lb (2855) - 1.984 L - 4 - F - 225/45R17 - 2.923/1.792/1.143/0.778/0.58/0.46 - 4.769 - 0.68
Volkswagen Golf VII GTI Performance (227 hp) (2013-2017)
1351 kg (1307) - 1984 cm3 - 4 - F - 225/40R18 - 3.769/2.087/1.469/1.152/0.934/0.776 - 3.45 - 0.68
2978 lb (2881) - 1.984 L - 4 - F - 225/40R18 - 3.769/2.087/1.469/1.152/0.934/0.776 - 3.45 - 0.68
Volkswagen Golf VII GTI Performance DSG6 (227 hp) (2013-2017)
1392 kg (1327) - 1984 cm3 - 4 - F - 225/40R18 - 2.923/1.792/1.143/0.778/0.58/0.46 - 4.769 - 0.68
3069 lb (2925) - 1.984 L - 4 - F - 225/40R18 - 2.923/1.792/1.143/0.778/0.58/0.46 - 4.769 - 0.68
Volkswagen Golf VII GTI (227 hp) (2017-2018)
1385 kg (1289) - 1984 cm3 - 4 - F - 225/45R17 - 3.769/2.087/1.469/1.152/0.934/0.776 - 3.45 - 0.7
3053 lb (2842) - 1.984 L - 4 - F - 225/45R17 - 3.769/2.087/1.469/1.152/0.934/0.776 - 3.45 - 0.7
Volkswagen Golf VII GTI DSG6 (227 hp) (2017-2018)
1400 kg (1311) - 1984 cm3 - 4 - F - 225/45R17 - 2.923/1.792/1.143/0.778/0.58/0.46 - 4.769 - 0.7
3086 lb (2890) - 1.984 L - 4 - F - 225/45R17 - 2.923/1.792/1.143/0.778/0.58/0.46 - 4.769 - 0.7
Volkswagen Golf VII GTI Performance (242 hp) (2017-2019)
1395 kg (1312) - 1984 cm3 - 4 - F - 225/40R18 - 3.769/2.087/1.469/1.152/0.934/0.776 - 3.45 - 0.7
3075 lb (2892) - 1.984 L - 4 - F - 225/40R18 - 3.769/2.087/1.469/1.152/0.934/0.776 - 3.45 - 0.7
Volkswagen Golf VII GTI Performance DSG7 (242 hp) (2017-2019)
1440 kg (1340) - 1984 cm3 - 4 - F - 225/40R18 - 3.19/2.032/1.402/1.04/0.793/0.636/0.488 - 4.471 - 0.7
3175 lb (2954) - 1.984 L - 4 - F - 225/40R18 - 3.19/2.032/1.402/1.04/0.793/0.636/0.488 - 4.471 - 0.7