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I was hoping for a little more in depth than that. ;-) But I found this website with some good info. Basically power is dependent on torque and RPM, so as RPM goes up, power continues to go up, even if torque is going down. When you see a car with a higher torque spec than HP, it would mean (in general) that the car starts to develop power earlier in RPM. But gearing ratio plays a part in torque, whereas not in HP. To get a really clear comparison of one car vs another, you'd need a net HP or torque curves for all gears, not just a peak crank HP. The peak HP spec is only useful to marketing executives.
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http://www.allpar.com/eek/hp-vs-torque.html
Posts in this Thread:
- someone please explain HP vs Torque, TML , Fri, 1 Apr 2005 07:38:20
- Re: someone please explain HP vs Torque, ed smith, Fri, 1 Apr 2005 13:24:33
- Re: someone please explain HP vs Torque, 79-900t , Fri, 1 Apr 2005 12:28:59
- Torque equals HP.., Andy , Fri, 1 Apr 2005 12:27:47
- To understand Horsepower you first need to understand, Talladega900, Fri, 1 Apr 2005 11:11:20
- shop talk in Latin, love this BB! (n/m, Czar, Fri, 1 Apr 2005 10:50:43
- Torque is raw twisting force, horsepower involves time., Fimum Fit, Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:40:38
- Re: someone please explain HP vs Torque, mark, Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:13:05
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