torque vs horsepower?

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>>17627912
fuck you, gear ratios

They're not mutually exclusive

Number of windows.

Would you rather have no torque or no horsepower?

>>17627945
No torque

>>17627945
boosted Hondas are pretty fast desu

>>17627945
>rotary vs diesel

>>17627945
trick question, you can't have one without the other
>HP = Torque x RPM ÷ 5252

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>>17627875
>torque vs horsepower?
what if I told you they were the same person?

>>17627875
power windows

number of cupholders per liter of displacement is the real measurement

>>17628017
>tfw just got done with a full cupholder delete

Welp guess that was a mistake

>>17627875
driver ability

>>17628035
wow your car must be slow now

>>17628017
>not having a soda stream in his car

can't compete with american ingenuity.

If your car weighs over 3,000 pounds, drive up on lots of hills, or do launches often I'd prefer low end Torque at least.

>>17627994
nice autism, "no torque" obviously wasn't literal

Torque for the street, horsepower for the track.

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>>17627945
Depends on what I'm doing. Motorcycles get by just fine with power and no torque. You can - albeit slowly - pull tons of weight with torque but no power.

>>17628017
Do rear cupholders count?

>>17627875
>not measuring in volts and amps

>>17628896
Most bikes have more torque per litre of displacement than cars.

>>17627875
Jesus christ!

>>17627945
You can't have one without the other.

>>17628898
yes of course