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Seadog Regular Location: Newcastle Registered: May 2002	Re: More Torque or more Horses ? Fri, 13 September 2002 06:10 This always comes up! Hp = Torque x Revs (using SI units) ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL a higher hp engine will always be faster, in a given situation. Unfortunately we do not live in an ideal world. You can create more torque by changing gear ratios, but at the expense of revs. Basically they are intimately related, even though people try and make them seem mutually exclusive. If you can produce the same torque at higher revs you get more power. What you really want to do is produce as much torque as possible through as broad a spread of revs as possible. Then gear the rest of the drivetrain to suit. The reason they use power as a standard measuring stick for an engines performance is that it takes into account torque AND revs. Imagine moving a pile of 100 bricks. One dude can only carry 2 bricks at a time but he is really fast, the other can carry 5 at a time but he is slower. Who will win? There are a lot of variables, just like with cars, but this hopefully gives you an idea on the definitions of each. [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	More Torque or more Horses ?	Les	Thu, 12 September 2002 23:15
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	TurboRG	Thu, 12 September 2002 23:49
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	E30-323ti	Fri, 13 September 2002 00:16
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	Norbie	Fri, 13 September 2002 00:31
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	GIN51E	Fri, 13 September 2002 01:13
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	Corvid	Fri, 13 September 2002 01:26
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	kassma	Fri, 13 September 2002 02:33
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	Les	Fri, 13 September 2002 04:15
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	Stefan	Fri, 13 September 2002 05:12
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	Norbie	Fri, 13 September 2002 06:03
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	Stefan	Sat, 14 September 2002 13:49
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	Stefan	Fri, 13 September 2002 05:09
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	Norbie	Fri, 13 September 2002 06:01
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	Seadog	Fri, 13 September 2002 06:10
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	justcallmefrank	Fri, 13 September 2002 06:52
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	Blown86	Fri, 13 September 2002 18:37
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	mrshin	Sat, 14 September 2002 12:09
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	mrshin	Sat, 14 September 2002 12:11
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	mrshin	Sat, 14 September 2002 12:14
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	Norbie	Sat, 14 September 2002 23:40
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	5KinKP60	Sun, 15 September 2002 00:45
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	GIN51E	Sun, 15 September 2002 08:36
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	Fattony	Sun, 15 September 2002 02:28
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	Jonny2TG	Sun, 15 September 2002 07:41
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	celicamad85	Sun, 15 September 2002 12:03
	Re: More Torque or more Horses ?	mattc	Tue, 17 September 2002 01:56

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