Torque Vs Horsepower

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Feb 19, 2002
  #1  
Just wondering what u guys would choose more torque or more horsepower

i was once a big fan of hp but neva realized how shietty it is to have a car wit low torque, Freakin Honda's suck for torque.

SO i choose to have torque over hp bc its raw power
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Feb 19, 2002
  #2  
I could be wrong here but don't you have to have both? I didn't think you can increase your torque without increasing HP and you can't increase your HP without increasing torque! Maybe I'm just not understanding the question
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Feb 19, 2002
  #3  
they are a direct dirivitive of each other. it would be more wise to look at vehicle weight and gearing when compairing Hp and torque figures.
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Feb 19, 2002
  #4  
I DONT CARE... EITHER ONE... ILL BE HAPPY WITH MORE TORQUE MORE HORSEPOWER MORE ANYTHING THAT MAKES MY CAR FASTER
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Feb 20, 2002
  #5  
Modest torque with Honda's yeah... and I got a few questions about that... (HP is mostly acceleration anyways, but like Joe said, it also depends on weight and gearing...) my questions are...

a) Is that why Hondas are more fuel efficient than their competition?

b) Is the VTEC is supposed to make up for it?
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Feb 20, 2002
  #6  
more of anything sounds good to me...
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Feb 20, 2002
  #7  
"most people buy horsepower, but drive torque" - unknown
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Feb 20, 2002
  #8  


<< I could be wrong here but don't you have to have both? I didn't think you can increase your torque without increasing HP and you can't increase your HP without increasing torque! Maybe I'm just not understanding the question >>




HP is essentially an imaginary number. I believe the forumla is something like..... HP = (Torque*RPM)/ 5250
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