At 5 feet 8 and 141 pounds, Ye has better power-to-weight ratio than counterparts in other countries, he said.

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The key factor in terms of better handling and acceleration, meaning more immediate pleasure in driving, is the power-to-weight ratio.

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The 700-horesepower V12 is cut like a body builder, with the highest power-to-weight ratio of any car in its class.

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At Smiley's, you get a 750hp dirt dragster with about the highest power-to-weight ratio of anything this side of a jet (see sidebar).

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At Smiley's, you get a 750hp dirt dragster that has about the highest power-to-weight ratio of anything this side of a fighter jet (see box, p. 153).

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But until recently they have suffered from a low power-to-weight ratio, unlike the other sort of room-temperature fuel cell, the temperamental and costly proton-exchange-membrane device, which several firms hope soon to use in motor cars.

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That's a weight-to-power ratio of 8.21 pounds per horsepower (a little better than the Porsche 911 Carrera's) in a footprint the size of a Porsche Boxster.

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