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cold96snake said:
Why is it that the 5.0's all got such high Tq #'s in relation to their hp? That asian guy (JONJON)at the other dyno day had hp about 10 under mine but his tourque was way above mine at 290 something also. I think that I understand the principles of torque vs. hp, but I don't get how they could be that far apart (over 100 for Brian).
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as stated many times before displacement helps. Big block motors ususal have tons of torque and lazy with the HP at times.
In my case I think the combination of a long runner intake and a 1" spacer to go with it held me back in HP but helped the torque. It would make a nice comparison to switch to a short runner intake and see what happens. Most likely the HP would go up while the torque would drop a bit. The peaks would also move up the RPM curve a bit.
 
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Thankfully Chris used my camcorder and showed the 549 on the computer screen. That was awesome. I have some nice footage of the damage to his alt and it going on the wrecker. Now we can say Chris has a trailer queen.
Yes Mike I have footage of your damaged rim(I told you I was big for you).

I do have to say that 549rwtq is a scary number. That is tran. wrecking, axel snaping, and torque box damaging power
 
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Geez, sorry about chris's car and mike's rim. Forgot to mention it before. :(

If the other Mike picked up 20 rwhp w/ his x pipe, maybe that will be my next mod instead of the shifter. :shrug:

Back to the topic of hp vs. tq . Is my basic understanding of it correct? Torque measures the amount of power there is to turn the wheels and hp measures the amount of power produced over time. In other words if a car has high torque #'s it will accelerate quickly but reach it's peak quickly also, and if a car has a lower tq # but a high hp # it will accelerate a little slower but for a longer period of time and peak at a higher speed? I know there is more to it, but simply put is that right? Also, isn't torque less affected by the amount of weight it's pushing? :shrug:
I feel like such a dummy. :notnice:
Also, anyone know what the 5.7L ZO6's put down for TQ #'s if displacement is key?
 
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cold96snake said:
Geez, sorry about chris's car and mike's rim. Forgot to mention it before. :(

If the other Mike picked up 20 rwhp w/ his x pipe, maybe that will be my next mod instead of the shifter. :shrug:

Back to the topic of hp vs. tq . Is my basic understanding of it correct? Torque measures the amount of power there is to turn the wheels and hp measures the amount of power produced over time. In other words if a car has high torque #'s it will accelerate quickly but reach it's peak quickly also, and if a car has a lower tq # but a high hp # it will accelerate a little slower but for a longer period of time and peak at a higher speed? I know there is more to it, but simply put is that right? Also, isn't torque less affected by the amount of weight it's pushing? :shrug:
I feel like such a dummy. :notnice:
Also, anyone know what the 5.7L ZO6's put down for TQ #'s if displacement is key?
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Horsepower vs Torque is a funny thing, really. I don't quite understand it save for this explanation: Horsepower is a measure of the energy your engine produces while torque is a measure of the force your engine produces. I don't think that how long you're producing power for depends on your horsepower so much as your setup and your stroke.
 
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ironheart1 said:
Horsepower vs Torque is a funny thing, really. I don't quite understand it save for this explanation: Horsepower is a measure of the energy your engine produces while torque is a measure of the force your engine produces. I don't think that how long you're producing power for depends on your horsepower so much as your setup and your stroke.
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Where in CT you located? I got friends/family all over central CT.
E. Hartford, Berlin, Manchester, S. Windsor.
 
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Simply defined, horsepower is the rate of doing work over a given amount of time. According to experts from SAE, one horsepower (1 HP) equals 550 ft-lb. per second or 33,000 ft-lb. per minute. Another familiar formula is the one which states RPM x Torque / 5252 = horsepower

Torque is the measurement of the strength of the rotational movement and determines how fast a car, boat, or airplane accelerates up to a required speed
 
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FEARNO1 said:
Simply defined, horsepower is the rate of doing work over a given amount of time. According to experts from SAE, one horsepower (1 HP) equals 550 ft-lb. per second or 33,000 ft-lb. per minute. Another familiar formula is the one which states RPM x Torque / 5252 = horsepower

Torque is the measurement of the strength of the rotational movement and determines how fast a car, boat, or airplane accelerates up to a required speed
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OK, that what I thought. I'm not the dummy I sometimes think I am.
 
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