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Turtle_n_Peeps
Aug 18, 2014Explorer
JPhelps wrote:Hey T&P. Remember that one person telling us that HP is just a calculation and doesn't really exist like TQ does? Lol
LOL, that guy was right. Look up the definition.
You will notice that 'torque' is the measure of 'work'. Work requires a force. That force is torque. All horsepower adds to the equation is time, so horsepower is just the ticking of the clock.
This guy quoted below works with horsepower all the time for his livelihood and this is what he has to say about it.What This Means
As we proved above, horsepower is simply an extrapolation of torque applied over time. When an engine is measured for its power potential on a dynamometer, horsepower and torque are not measured as separate entities. Rather, torque is measured, and horsepower is then calculated given the torque at the specific RPM level.
Car owners often use “horsepower” as the end-all be-all rating for engine performance. This perspective is flawed. First of all, when you hear of a car having X horsepower, it only refers to the peak horsepower on the dyno graph. Secondly, it doesn’t indicate what the shape of the torque curve is. You can feel the torque that an engine generates as you’re pushed back into your seat.
http://www.roushperformance.com/blog/2010/12/the-meaning-of-horsepower-and-torque/
Bye,,,,, again.
Work is never measured in torque. Tractors, big rigs, motorcycles, cars, pickups, it does not matter, they are all measured in HP.
If I say I can put out 1000 ft/lbs of torque how much work is being done? If I sit on the end of a pipe wrench that is 5' long I'm putting out a little more than 1000 ft/lbs of torque. :)
If you say "torque is a measurement of work" how much work am I doing?
If I build an engine that puts out 1000 ft/lbs of torque and limit the RPM to 1000 how much HP does it produce and how well will this engine work for pulling any RV up mountains? Remember, this engine puts out waaaaaaaaaaaay more torque than even the hottest pickup engines now days.
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