[Main NG900 & OG93 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Re: Torque vs. horse power: what's the difference? Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by mike TX [Email] (#1409) [Profile/Gallery] (more from mike TX) on Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:04:01 In Reply to: Torque vs. horse power: what's the difference?, A layman, Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:40:25 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members see ZERO ads on the bulletin boards and get more feature. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

To simplify what they are:
Torque: Imagine a stuck bolt with a one foot long wrench attached and a one pound weight on the end, this is one foot/pound. Even though nothing is moving, the force is still there.
Horsepower: At the above state, there is zero hp, since nothing is moving and no work is being done. A VERY simplified description of Hp is multiplying the above with how many RPM's the wrench is turning at. Hence the same ammount of torque at a low rpm results in low hp, and the same torque at high rpm's results in high hp.
Unless you want to drive around at high rpm's, it's nice to have large ammounts of torque at low rpms to help you accelerate.

Mike

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• Torque vs. horse power: what's the difference?, A layman, Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:40:25
  • HP at high RPM's, turbo torque where you drive....., Mike Lynch , Sat, 8 Mar 2003 14:27:23
  • Re: Torque vs. horse power: what's the difference?, ted, Sat, 8 Mar 2003 02:05:13
  • Re: Torque vs. horse power: what's the difference?, mikeo, Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:02:13
    • Re: Torque vs. horse power: THE REST OF, mikeo, Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:11:45
  • Torque is for burnouts, HP is for racing, SLAAB , Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:21:34
    • F1 engines can afford the low torque because >>>, Eli5, Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:38:05
  • Re: Torque vs. horse power: what's the difference?, e smith, Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:18:14
  • Re: Torque vs. horse power: what's the difference?, mike TX , Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:04:01 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Re: Torque vs. horse power: what's the difference?, Lutfisk, Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:02:37
    • Re: Torque vs. horse power: what's the difference?, MO, Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:37:12
      • difference is rpm..., JimBlake , Fri, 7 Mar 2003 13:48:27
        • but F = ma, MO, Fri, 7 Mar 2003 14:30:45
          • Re: but F = ma, mikeo, Fri, 7 Mar 2003 15:33:46
            • Re: but F = ma, Patrick, Fri, 7 Mar 2003 16:16:39
          • Re: but F = ma, MO, Fri, 7 Mar 2003 14:34:19
            • Re: but F = ma, JimBlake , Fri, 7 Mar 2003 14:54:42
  • Re: Torque vs. horse power: what's the difference?, Mason, Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:55:25
  • It's area under the curve that makes the difference (-), Vlad, Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:49:24

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