Ford 2.7 Ecoboost - power question
This looks like a great engine at 325HP. That is about the same power as my trusty 5.9 Cummins ISB. On edit: If each engine is in a 1 ton chassis and matched to it's proper transmission and re...
Forum Discussion
What is ideal is a broad and flat torque torque curve. Why? Because that results in a broader and flatter horsepower curve. And horsepower is the measure of work potential.
It is informative to take a bunch of torque curves, and using the horsepower formula, graph the horsepower curves on a worksheet. Pretty soon it becomes clear--torque and rpm make horsepower, and the flatter the torque curve, the flatter the horsepower curve.
Bruce
It is informative to take a bunch of torque curves, and using the horsepower formula, graph the horsepower curves on a worksheet. Pretty soon it becomes clear--torque and rpm make horsepower, and the flatter the torque curve, the flatter the horsepower curve.
Bruce
