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| DerekKim |
 Oct 27 2007, 02:19 AM
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So I was talking to a friend this morning... 2am... I realize that I understand roughly in my head what torque and horsepower do... but was exactly does each one do... in Laman's terms.
Any help would be appreciated! Just trying to learn somethign and expand my knowledge to a better understanding. |
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| dfwteenerpr |
Oct 27 2007, 11:08 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 22 Joined: 22-October 07 From: lewisville, tx Member No.: 8,252 |
He asked for Layman's terms, I'll try.
Torque is what you feel when you step on the gas. Basically the power of the explosion pushing down the piston. If you have the same explosion pushing on the piston, A longer stroke on the crankshaft means more torque. Torque will fall off when engine mechanicals no longer have the ability to maintain the size of the explosion. HP is the ability of the engine to maintain torque as engine speed increases. In other words, to maintain the size of the explosion to higher rates of Torque production, as in RPM's. So the ability to turn more RPM's mean higher HP. You won't feel this when you step on the gas, but as you wind thru the gear. Does that make sense? |
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DerekKim Horsepower and Torque. Oct 27 2007, 02:19 AM
abbott295 Good morning. I'm sure someone can post a dia... Oct 27 2007, 06:46 AM purple if you want to demonstrate to him what torque is. ... Oct 27 2007, 06:56 AM TC.356 This should be helpful in getting you started:
ht... Oct 27 2007, 08:29 AM Mid_Engine_914 http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/4964/torquelf0.... Oct 27 2007, 07:03 PM
orange914 this is engineer central, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!... Oct 27 2007, 07:21 PM chris914 How about this:
This is how my teacher explained ... Oct 27 2007, 11:30 PM DerekKim While I understood.... most of the other posts... ... Oct 28 2007, 01:18 PM Cap'n Krusty 812 lbs/ft of torque vs. 273 is why the Audi R10 T... Oct 28 2007, 03:45 PM |
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