Torque and HP - what is the correct way to describe them?
04-22-2007, 08:27 AM
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I'm getting my car chipped tomorrow, and i just thought to myself, i dont really know what torque and hp mean in real terms and how they differ.
Anyone feel like explaining it?
Anyone feel like explaining it?
04-22-2007, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by biggun' post='416567' date='Apr 22 2007, 09:27 AM
I'm getting my car chipped tomorrow, and i just thought to myself, i dont really know what torque and hp mean in real terms and how they differ.
Anyone feel like explaining it?
Anyone feel like explaining it?
Here's an article you might find interesting, it's linked from the wikipedia entry discussing HP, I've seen it before, and it's a good summary.
http://vettenet.org/torquehp.html
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Originally Posted by swajames' post='416574' date='Apr 22 2007, 06:23 PM
They're really just different sides of the exact same coin as one is directly derived from the other: HP=Torque(ft-lb)*RPM/5252...
(Horse)Power is a measure of the rate of doing work (the amount of energy transferred by a force).
Torque is a turning moment. A moment is the magnitude of force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation.
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04-22-2007, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by aybeesea' post='416593' date='Apr 22 2007, 11:13 AM
Just because you can apply a fudge factor doesn't make them "the same coin".
(Horse)Power is a measure of the rate of doing work (the amount of energy transferred by a force).
Torque is a turning moment. A moment is the magnitude of force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation.
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(Horse)Power is a measure of the rate of doing work (the amount of energy transferred by a force).
Torque is a turning moment. A moment is the magnitude of force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation.
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04-22-2007, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by swajames' post='416595' date='Apr 22 2007, 07:25 PM
Yes, it does. HP is directly calculated by reference to torque and rpm.
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Originally Posted by aybeesea' post='416609' date='Apr 22 2007, 12:01 PM
You can calculate age from radioactive half life but it doesn't make those concepts "related".
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04-22-2007, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by aybeesea' post='416612' date='Apr 22 2007, 12:03 PM
Ahh... the last refuge...
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Now sod off and find another thread to ruin with your pedantry.
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Originally Posted by swajames' post='416613' date='Apr 22 2007, 08:06 PM
Perhaps you might have tried to help the OP, and posted something of value
Sorry for doing that.
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Originally Posted by aybeesea' post='416614' date='Apr 22 2007, 12:08 PM
...like explaining the correct way to describe them as requested by the op?
Sorry for doing that.
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Sorry for doing that.
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