Alan Reeves Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Caterham Roadsport Seven Super 7 2.0 SV kit Xpower 200cvThe above is on a 7 in europe that a friend is looking at. I have never seen that terminology for an upgrade and 200 is a strange number ?Its been a applied to a 2009 175 sv.Any idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Golf Juliet Tango Posted May 30, 2018 Area Representative Share Posted May 30, 2018 Deux cent chevaux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony P Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Decent hair... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Reeves Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 Really helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM25T Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 200bhp ..... cheval = horsey powers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted May 30, 2018 Leadership Team Share Posted May 30, 2018 As in the Citroen 2CV ... allegedly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Slotter Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 It'll have been upgraded by XPower Engineering to their 200 bhp spec. (or a replacement engine of that spec.). XPower are (or at least were) a Ford tuner in Essex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertew Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Hi Alan - I did a quick google and came across a source of the ad here. The description is: Caterham Roadsport Seven Super 7 2.0 SV kit Xpower 200hp. So cv does indeed = hp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted May 30, 2018 Member Share Posted May 30, 2018 Yes, cv is the French unit for horsepower, and the unit is very close to the Imperial hp. But I haven't seen it for years and I think that kW is used in ordinary parlance: confimation or refutation equally welcome. But the use of machine translation would explain it.CV on the other hand is the abbreviation for the Fiscal "Horsepower", which is why it appeared in the names of many models of cars.JonathanPS: Both the French and British taxation schemes distorted which engines were designed and built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Reeves Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 Thanks all, a friend is interested in it and I have never see this upgrade and was trying to clarify for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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