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Originally Posted by Lew_C
well it sort of does really, in simple terms torque is just a force which can be pulled or pushed and how strongly it is rotated coming from very basic engineering work. In terms of a car engine torque is like the magnitude of the pulling force which is provided by the engine really
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Yes but it is in no relation to time. Your engine may be able to lift 100lb but it may take it 1 or even 1000 year to lift it 1 inch. Where another engine may only lift 10lb but can life it a inch in 1 second. What engine will lift 1tone a foot faster? Torque is in no relation to any actual work done. Torque on its own has absolutely no relations to a vehicles performance. Power as in bhp is turning force in time. Its like saying it can produce X lb turning force and it takes X seconds to do this.
When people say they want more torque to make there car go faster or accelerate faster what there really saying is they want more power. They just think there talking about torque when in reality its torque in time hence its really power there talking about.
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Edit: I just added this to make it a little more clear. Its a example of two engine.
Engine 1 can lift 60lb 1 foot.
Engine 2 can lift 10lb 1 foot.
So engine 1 has more torque but.
Engine 1 can lift 60lb 1 foot in 1 minute.
Engine 2 can lift 10lb 1 foot in 10 seconds.
So they both produce 60lbft per minute. Or to but it another way they both produce the same power.
There end result is the same and if all other aspects are equal will perform with the equivalent performance if geared to equivalent speed.
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