Horsepower and Torque: A Practical Explanation

[LiL Shoaf]

http://www.car-videos.net/articles/h...wer_torque.asp

This is a decent write up that I stumbled upon today.. Check it out...

[9d2TSi]

Good find Ken.

[wrxroy]

high five!

[bigbadbuddha]

Ken you rock.

[Fourdoor]

But very few V-8 muscle heads believe this though sad to say. My EVO has a torque curve from hell.... flate as a pancake from 4700 RPM to beyond readline above 350 lb-ft (on Buschur Racings Mustang Dyno) Acceleration in any given gear should be smooooooooooooth in my car, if you can call being pinned back in my seat like I am being catapulted off of an Aircraft Carrier smooth

Keith

[joker97]

yeah i know, fourdoor. that's why this torque - power and curves relationship baffles me. (as in firstly if torques the main drive why do ppl boast horses? secondly there is no relationship! the evo broke it up!)

[stileguy]

i prefer this explanation better

"Torque wins Races and Horsepower sells Cars"

[LiL Shoaf]

^ I hear that...

[bigbadbuddha]

Originally Posted by stileguy

i prefer this explanation better

"Torque wins Races and Horsepower sells Cars"

+1 to that.. I think Manics proves that point quite well.