Terryallan wrote:
Lynnmor wrote:
4x4ord wrote:
Torque has little to do with it. Gears or electric motors can produce torque. Diesel engines power big equipment because they have traditionally been more fuel efficient than gasoline engines.
People like to talk about their large torque numbers, but horsepower is the measure of work that an engine can do.
Actually, according to my professors. Torque is the work a engine does. HP is how fast / well it can do it.
I agree with your professor.....ie HP is a more meaningful number as far as providing an indication as to an engine's ability to get a job done.
