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Turtle_n_Peeps
Explorer
Jan 25, 2015

The mysteries of Horsepower and other things explained

There seems to be a lot of confusion about the mysteries of engines by some on this site so I will post some links and add some text to try and clear some of this up. First some terms: Torque: A...
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Fordlover
Explorer
Jan 27, 2015
transamz9 wrote:
Hannibal wrote:
transamz9 wrote:
DirtyOil wrote:
and without either one, you got nuttin...


You got half that right....

Without torque you can't have hp
Without RPM you can't have hp
You can't have RPM without torque
You CAN have torque without hp or RPM.


And what will you do with torque and no hp or rpm?


When you put your truck in park on a hill what's holding it still?


ohh ohh... Breakout torque!!

But in reality, the parking paw.

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