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Difference Between Horsepower And Torque
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Difference between Horsepower and Torque
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There is also a discussion in the Street/Track Racing Section under Honda about the same thing. A: A horsepower is a unit of power. Torque is torque. Power is a function of torque and angular velocity. With the proper gearing, acceleration ...
A couple of points: First, in regard to your comment: "The bottom line it the drive wheels don't care how the torque is produced, and by what. They only care that 1555 lb-ft is available at 2500 wheel rpm." I definitely agree, and...
Torque is what makes a car accelerate, horsepower is what keeps up the speed. Take a look at some numbers for today's street cars. Many of them have more torque than hp. You show a good example. A stock WRX runs out of steam before the Must...
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I think Dan Kyle compared the three I mentioned, and I think it was on this forum, way back when. I don't remember the hp figures. I do know that with a custom tuned map in my PCIII and an Arata pipe, my 929 puts out 146 hp (I got a strong ...
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These are very basic examples of the two; Torque- when the wheels brake lose from the pavement, (when someone does a power brake, burn out, hole-shot, ect.) is what torque is. Horsepower- say your driving down the road, and your cruising do...
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The easiest way to think about torque is to imagine a long lever attached to the engine output. The amount of effort that the engine produces to turn this lever is the torque.If you imagine a lever about a foot long and hang a weight of abo...
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You're almost right: its 5252. In layman's terms, horsepower is simply an application of torque. There are in general two ways to make big horsepower: large amounts of torque at moderate rpm, or moderate amounts of torque at high rpm. A bet...
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Torque is a measure of turning force. That is, how many pounds of force can be generated at the end of a lever or a wheel. Customer units would be Pound-Foot. Horsepower is an archaic measure of power (the SI unit would be Watt). It is a me...
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From what i understand the DSG has 2 clutches in the car and one has the next gear ingaged. I think both have the same effect weather using the paddles or the shifter to shift up. But when driving on a track its best to have both hands on t...
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http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read… Read it, it covers the question well.
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