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Kevin Wood

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Finally.. a good analysis of horsepower and torque
« on: 30 January 2009, 12:36:25 »
The best one I've seen, in fact.

http://craig.backfire.ca/pages/autos/horsepower

Some amunition for those "Yes, but my car's faster 'cos it's got more torque" pub arguments.

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Re: Finally.. a good analysis of horsepower and torque
« Reply #1 on: 30 January 2009, 13:04:17 »
What a good and thorough explanation :y :y :y :y
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Re: Finally.. a good analysis of horsepower and torque
« Reply #2 on: 30 January 2009, 13:05:52 »
very good kevin  :y :y
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Re: Finally.. a good analysis of horsepower and torque
« Reply #3 on: 30 January 2009, 13:16:48 »
Interesting, bigger is better ;D
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Re: Finally.. a good analysis of horsepower and torque
« Reply #4 on: 30 January 2009, 14:08:42 »
Descriptive and good ordered..Thanks Kevin :y


as can be seen cars average power must be advertised not peak power..
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Re: Finally.. a good analysis of horsepower and torque
« Reply #5 on: 30 January 2009, 15:42:40 »
nothing a quater mile race wouldn't sort :y
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Re: Finally.. a good analysis of horsepower and torque
« Reply #6 on: 30 January 2009, 18:21:33 »
brain now scrambled  :y

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Re: Finally.. a good analysis of horsepower and torque
« Reply #7 on: 30 January 2009, 18:25:57 »
Good read  :y

Altho I did originally think this was a thread by skruntie...

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Re: Finally.. a good analysis of horsepower and torque
« Reply #8 on: 30 January 2009, 21:04:08 »
Good link mate with a good explanation :y. When I was getting the Prelude chipped etc, the guy had a leaflet explaining it:
 torque-imperial measurement=1 foot/ lb
           metric measurement=1m/101,9716g(av weight of Newtons apple!)
Torque(tractive effort)xspeed=power
Power is measured in bhp
1bhp=0.746kw
The "brake" in brakehorsepower is because it is measured by making an engine work against a brake. Measure how hard the brake works to keep the engine at a given RPM. This gives us a torque figure which we then x by the RPM(speed) to give us a power (bhp) figure.
My brain hurts now.
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