Originally posted by Rara:
horsepower is a derived unit, and cannot be directly measured. Horsepower is a basically torque over time, or in the case of an engine torque and engine speed. So to say anyhting about horsepower, you are indirectly referring to torque anyway.





Wel... that is clear, but you are not helping because YOU CAN HAVE MAX TORQUE AT SOME POINT AND MAX HP AT ANOTHER.


And when you have this situation (which happens on 90% of the cars) which one is more important ??

And that's how I am proposing the question: shouldn't TORQUE be the one dictating acceleration ???

At the example given, will the car have the same boost @ 1,000 or 5,000RPM or not ????


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