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03-21-2006, 09:54 AM
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I set out on a mission to find out what BHP/HP/Torque is. So here are some sites that helped me to understand. They might help you or you might think I'm thick for not knowing if you do think that then :fu:
Horse power http://auto.howstuffworks.com/horsepower1.htm Brake Horse Power http://autorepair.about.com/library/.../bldef-406.htm Torque http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question622.htm (I never thought of it like that)
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03-21-2006, 10:34 AM
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very intresting :thumbsup!:
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03-21-2006, 11:17 AM
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Nice one Andy :-)
You might find this little snippit interesting too  Understanding Torque & horsepower. Everybody knows that when looking at a car's statistics, horsepower is usually displayed as well as the torque. Torque is usually in ft/lbs. This will attempt to explain torque, what it does, and overall how it relates to the horsepower in a car. Torque and horsepower are essential to the speed and acceleration of the car; obviously, they are very important! Torque can be defined as the force to overcome inertia; basically, torque is what gets your car moving. Horsepower can be defined as what keeps your car moving. There is no horsepower without any torque. The following equation demonstrates how dependent horsepower and torque are on each other: HORSEPOWER = (TORQUE * RPM) / 5252 The best way to explain torque and horsepower is to show their curves on a graph. Torque is usually higher at low RPM's and it usually falls off at high RPM's; with horsepower being the opposite, horsepower is low at low RPM's and generally inceases at higher RPM's. This is a generic trend, but there are exceptions. When people are analyzing their torque curve, they want a flat curve. This is because you want your torque high at low RPM's in order to insure good horsepower at low RPM's, but if your torque curve remains flat that means that the torque will almost be as high at high RPM's as it was at low RPM's. Good torque + high RPM's = Alot of Horsepower! I hope that this has given you some explanation about torque, and hopefully you will better understand how torque and horsepower are related and how they compare. Can go even deeper than this but thats for another time :muhaha:
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03-21-2006, 11:36 AM
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03-21-2006, 11:53 AM
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 I would type out the testimonial I have here but I think Baz would die at the amount of space it takes up  3 x A4 pages of it all maybe thats a thread of its own :muhaha:
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03-21-2006, 12:12 PM
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