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Old 11-02-2004, 08:30 PM   #10 (permalink)
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It's important to remember that we measure torque, then calculate HP using the RPM where the torque occurs.
When you dyno an engine, you plot torque on the graph, then come back and calculate the HP for every rpm point on the graph. You multiply the torque by the RPM, and then divide that by 5252, now you have HP.
No matter how much Torque you make, once you multiply that by any RPM below 5252, the answer (which will be HP) has to be less then the torque value for that same RPM.

We have a saying in racing, Torque moves metal...The heavier the veh, the more important the torque numbers
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