Ram Eco-Diesel vs F150 2.7 TT - Davis Dam

DSteiner51 wrote:

wilber1 wrote:

DSteiner51 wrote:

DirtyOil wrote:

But try explaining what "torque" pulls a million pound jetliner of the ground...

Torque is the lever that lifts the weight, torque is the flywheel that turns the wheels, torque is the compression, combustion and the thrust that sends the jetliner into the wild blue yonder... you can have all the hp you want.. but without the torque, your not getting anywhere.

Sorry, flat out false. Horsepower gets my airplane off the ground, all 87ft lbs at 34,000 rpm, gets my rig up the hill (220ft lbs at 5000rpm. Go back to 8th grade. You have no business past that.

What about rocket engines that have no rotating parts? What about when you blow up a balloon and release it? What propelles it across the room?

Very simple, and it's not torque. It is thrust and speed which the horsepower can be calculated. The more horsepower the better. 5000lbs of thrust with no speed =0. The lbs thrust is in the balloon and it goes nowhere. Only when there is speed will the balloon be propelled. Go back to 8th grade and start over.