A Simpler Explanation Of The Measurement Of ONE HORSE POWER
One horsepower equals 550 foot pounds (pound feet) per second. In high school, in physics class, I generated 1 horsepower by running up a flight of stairs. :) Housted
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valhalla360 wrote:
A similar way to think about this is:
- Torque (at the wheels) determines...IF you can climb the hill.
- HP determines...how FAST you can climb the hill.
Unless I'm not interpreting the above correctly ... what you say seems to support my thinking that goes something like this: "Horsepower is horsepower - so given the same weight to haul and given the proper gearing for each - a 400 HP gas engine should be able to haul anything at the same speed that a 400 HP diesel engine can".
(Not considering altitude of course, since so many modern diesel engines are turbocharged but so many modern gas engines aren't.)
