RE: Torque VS Horse power

From: Stlaurent Mr Steven (STLAURENTS@mctssa.usmc.mil)
Date: Thu Aug 31 2000 - 10:19:34 EDT


Maybe that is why the Hondas, Toyotas, and other such Asian Rice Cookers
uses the dragster gears and high first three gears, since there is no TQ to
speak of.

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 -----Original Message-----
From: BadDakota [mailto:bad93dakota@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 5:17 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Torque VS Horse power

The terms horsepower and torque can be confusing at
times. Hot Rod Magazine, took twenty pages to explain
torque vs. HP. Here's a paraphrase of what they said.
Simply defined, horsepower is the rate of doing work
over a given amount of time.
According to experts from SAE, one horsepower (1 HP)
equals 550 ft-lb. per second or
33,000 ft-lb. per minute. Another familiar formula is
the one which states RPM x Torque/ 5252 = horsepower

Torque is the measurement of the strength of the
rotational movement and determines how fast a car,
boat, or airplane accelerates up to a required speed.
 
Basically, Torque is the seat of the pants
feeling....big blocks are know for massive amounts of
it.

Tom

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