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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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| chris914 |
Oct 27 2007, 11:30 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 489 Joined: 24-July 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 2,393 Region Association: Southern California |
How about this:
This is how my teacher explained it to us before he went into the Force/Power explanation. Horsepower is the top speed of how fast your car can go down the road and torque is how fast your car can get to that top speed. Of course there is always a trade off (ratio). More torque means you have less HP or the more HP means less torque. Finding a good balance between the two is the grail to search for. Big trucks have monster torque but not a lot of HP in comparison to their torque. |
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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 dfwteenerpr He asked for Layman's terms, I'll try.
To... Oct 27 2007, 11:08 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 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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