Originally posted by Contouraholic:
Bear in mind torque has no movement. If you put 100 lbs of force on a 1 ft. wrench, you have 100 ft/lbs of torque even if the wrench doesn't move.
HP adds in the idea of torque and "speed". You can have torque without movement (Force) but no HP because of no movement. As soon as you start moving the wrench with your 100 ft/lbs of torque, you now develop HP. The faster you turn with that wrench with the 100 FT/lbs, the more HP you are developing. SO, peak HP is the point where the AVAILABLE torque from the engine (Which varies because of too many things to go into) and the speed the engine is turning is optimum.
Thats good stuff right there.
I always knew that HP was a function of torque, but thats a really good summary, thanks contouraholic. 
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