Thoughts about torque vs hp.
Racer
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Re: Thoughts about torque vs hp. (froggy47)
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Big Jim quote "Yeah, and the physics books say electrons flow from negative to positive too. But how reliable were positive-ground cars?"
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That statement speaks volumes about what you really understand. :)
I was not disagreeing with Grumpy, I just thought that in a more general sense, some clarification was needed. I hope none of you were upset by the fact that not all horsepower is calculated by "power = torque*angular velocity".
I sometimes wonder how a team of Alaskan Huskies feel about the term "horsepower"?
:D
Big Jim quote "Yeah, and the physics books say electrons flow from negative to positive too. But how reliable were positive-ground cars?"
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That statement speaks volumes about what you really understand. :)
I was not disagreeing with Grumpy, I just thought that in a more general sense, some clarification was needed. I hope none of you were upset by the fact that not all horsepower is calculated by "power = torque*angular velocity".
I sometimes wonder how a team of Alaskan Huskies feel about the term "horsepower"?
:D
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From: loxahatchee fla
Re: Thoughts about torque vs hp. (hngacurv)
MAY I SUGGEST WE STOP WORRING ABOUT WORDS AND WAYS TO TWIST THEIR MEANING AND JUST TAKE THE TIME WE MIGHT HAVE WASTED DOING THAT, TO WORK ON OR CORVETTES :thumbs: the bottom line here is that matching your gearing and stall speed to the engine your useing in YOUR corvette will make it faster...MISS-MATCHING the gearing and stall speed or for that matter most other parts in your combo POTENTIALLY LOWERS THE CORVETTES accelleration. the whole point I was making was that increasing the power trains efficiency by matching the engines power curve to the gearing so the engine spends almost all its time in the peak power production range will make the corvette faster!
example, adding a cam, intake,cylinderheads,ETC. thats designed to run effectively in the 4000rpm-6500rpm range in a corvette with a transmission that shifts when the car hits 5300rpm is almost a total waste of time and money
example, adding a cam, intake,cylinderheads,ETC. thats designed to run effectively in the 4000rpm-6500rpm range in a corvette with a transmission that shifts when the car hits 5300rpm is almost a total waste of time and money
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Re: Thoughts about torque vs hp. (Rynda)
What's stall speed? (I'm not being facetious - I'm just new to mods/hotrodding) I was thinking that it only applies to automatics - do 6 speeds have a "stall speed". Is stall speed the same as the rpm at which a wot automatic is programmed to shift? Thanks.
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From: loxahatchee fla
Re: Thoughts about torque vs hp. (froggy47)
froggy47
stall speed only concerns auto trans cars,
http://www.autotransinc.com/stall.htm
http://www.babcox.com/editorial/bf/bf90054.htm
http://www.bchra.org/TipsTricks/SameHPBetterPerform.htm
http://home.earthlink.net/~micfly/TC.htm
[Modified by grumpyvette, 8:11 PM 7/6/2003]
stall speed only concerns auto trans cars,
http://www.autotransinc.com/stall.htm
http://www.babcox.com/editorial/bf/bf90054.htm
http://www.bchra.org/TipsTricks/SameHPBetterPerform.htm
http://home.earthlink.net/~micfly/TC.htm
[Modified by grumpyvette, 8:11 PM 7/6/2003]
