Ford V10 revisions
It's difficult to find actual information about the performance of the "new" V10. Most people who are experienced with driving motorhomes (or other heavy vehicles) agree that torque matters and HP is...
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Bruce Brown wrote:carringb wrote:
HP is what matters.
I could not disagree more, TORQUE is what matters.
Having said that, I think in the rest of your post you were actually saying that.
HP sells stuff, torque gets the job done.
If that's truly what you believe, that engine output torque is the only important consideration, then I can easily design and sell you a device that will double or triple the torque output of any engine (whilst making it run at half or a third the speed). I don't think you'd particularly appreciate the results, though.
Torque at the wheels is of course what propels the vehicle forward. The transmission's main purpose is to convert the power the engine produces into the required torque at the wheels at whatever speed they are moving at. So long as the transmission is well-matched to the engine, it makes no difference in getting stuff done whether the power comes from a 300 hp motor producing 875 lbft of torque at 1800 rpm or a 300 hp engine producing 400 lbft at 4000 rpm or even a turbine producing 60 lbft at 26,300 rpm. The three engines will of course sound rather different in operation, but all three would propel a vehicle equally.
