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Location: Brisbane
Registered: May 2002
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Re: More Torque or more Horses ?
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Fri, 13 September 2002 06:01

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Stefan wrote on Fri, 13 September 2002 15:09 | I also think (but not sure) that the higher rpm your peak torque is at, the more HP you have.
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Absolutely correct. In fact, power is a direct function of torque and rpm. In other words, if you know the engine's torque output and crank speed, you can calculate its power output.
That means if you want to increase the power output of your engine, you either need to increase the peak torque output (difficult without forced induction), or move the torque peak to higher rpm (easy with cams/head work etc).
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Les | Thu, 12 September 2002 23:15 |
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TurboRG | Thu, 12 September 2002 23:49 |
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E30-323ti | Fri, 13 September 2002 00:16 |
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Norbie | Fri, 13 September 2002 00:31 |
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GIN51E | Fri, 13 September 2002 01:13 |
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Corvid | Fri, 13 September 2002 01:26 |
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kassma | Fri, 13 September 2002 02:33 |
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Les | Fri, 13 September 2002 04:15 |
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Stefan | Fri, 13 September 2002 05:12 |
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Norbie | Fri, 13 September 2002 06:03 |
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Stefan | Sat, 14 September 2002 13:49 |
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Stefan | Fri, 13 September 2002 05:09 |
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Norbie | Fri, 13 September 2002 06:01 |
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Seadog | Fri, 13 September 2002 06:10 |
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justcallmefrank | Fri, 13 September 2002 06:52 |
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Blown86 | Fri, 13 September 2002 18:37 |
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mrshin | Sat, 14 September 2002 12:09 |
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mrshin | Sat, 14 September 2002 12:11 |
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mrshin | Sat, 14 September 2002 12:14 |
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Norbie | Sat, 14 September 2002 23:40 |
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5KinKP60 | Sun, 15 September 2002 00:45 |
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GIN51E | Sun, 15 September 2002 08:36 |
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Fattony | Sun, 15 September 2002 02:28 |
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