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Torque is what you feel. It is what moves the car.
Horsepower is just an imaginary construct that represents an engine's ability to produce torque at a given RPM.
Stated more simply, an engine that can produce 200 ft/lbs of torque at 8000 RPMs has twice as much horsepower as one that makes 200 ft/lbs of torque at 4000 RPMs. This is because cars take advantage of GEARING. If you geared down the engine making the same amount of torque, but at TWICE the speed, you would realize that you have twice the power (because gearing acts as a lever).
Also, it is important to note that the ability of torque to sustain it's force into higher and higher RPMs is dependent on how well the engine breathes at higher RPMs, and how quickly you can get it fuel, etc. That is why there is a market for aftermarket performance parts for gaining horsepower: making engines take in more air, at higher RPMs, to make lots of torque with the engine spinning fast.
Posts in this Thread:
- What is torque ?, larry, Tue, 5 Jun 2001 13:59:34
- torque is when you wake up in the morning with, bryan , Wed, 6 Jun 2001 20:25:12
- What is love?, Adrian, Tue, 5 Jun 2001 21:31:42
- simple explanation, Rob , Tue, 5 Jun 2001 16:18:56 <-- Viewing This Message
- Larry....See what you started n/m, Dave Westlake, Tue, 5 Jun 2001 16:10:42
- You asked for it...., TKC, Tue, 5 Jun 2001 15:24:58
- Re: What is torque ?, Dave Westlake, Tue, 5 Jun 2001 14:32:05
- Horsepower, Richard Miller, Tue, 5 Jun 2001 14:47:50
- what is your understanding of horsepower? n/m, MJM , Tue, 5 Jun 2001 14:09:24
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