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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Luke87GT: [QB] The amplitude of the torque won't be enough to tell the story. That torque must be applied quickly (which is where HP comes in) to go wheels-up like that. Rotating HP = (Torque x RPM)/5252 The HP equation gives meaning to the torque because it quantifies the time that it is being applied at (that's were RPM comes in). Don't be one of the guys that recites old internet cliches about torque getting you off the line and HP getting you down the track ;) Here is a passage taken from google on the topics: [i]So what really matters: torque or horsepower? People say that "torque gets you going and horsepower keeps you going." This is a misconception based on the behavior of their less-than-ideal transmissions. Most transmissions have a finite number of gears, and that means that you have to work within a power band instead of staying at your favorite rpm. A perfectly designed transmission should be able to provide enough wheel torque to spin the tires from a dead stop with any engine, but not all street transmissions can do this because they slip too much or they have gears that are too tall. Remember the formula? When the car speed is zero, the force can be infinite with any amount of power. Drag racers lauch at 6000 rpm because that's where they're developing power. (Anything higher would basically guarantee that they'd lose traction.) The ideal transmission would always keep the engine at max power. Anyone who leans on torque needs to look more closely at their transmission; it's not doing its job if you need a wide power band. They also need to look at what's going on: [b]They're not really relying on torque. Average horsepower throughout the power band is really what's responsible. The torque still doesn't matter.[/b] You typically see cars with lots of torque having wide power bands, and that's the only reason why they'd ever beat a car with more peak horsepower. Average horsepower wins races. [/i] To take it a step further: Work = Force*Distance Without Distance, you can have as much torque as you can possibly imagine and be doing no work. Power = Work / Time = (Force*Distance)/Time Power quantifies how quickly that force is being applied and over what distance. Again Power is King. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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