The Definitive Torque vs. Horsepower post
Year after year, I keep seeing the same old debates about torque vs. horsepower. Everyone seems to have a general idea that we are referring to power, but most don't really understand the relationshi...
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Dennis M M wrote:
When I was racing vintage sports cars the definition went as follows:
horsepower = how fast you hit the wall
torque = how hard you hit it!
I have always heard it as
Horespower is how fast you get to the wall;
Torque is how far you take the wall with you.
Either way it gets the point across. I do know that the higher the torque the better job is done maintaining speed going up hill.
