torque...?

February 8th, 2007, 01:06 AM	#1
geofarrey Look Ma! My First Post! Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1	torque...? hey what exactly is torque... treat me like a kindergartener, i really dont know, and i really want to.

February 8th, 2007, 01:07 AM	#2
Youngin Hip Hop Artist 2007 Mustang v6 11.47@120.58 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Californ-i-A Posts: 3,547	i have no idea what it is either but what it does is the higher torque the faster your start is? i think it is __________________ http://www.myspace.com/moddedmustangz Modded Mustang's Song Song #2 In Teh Werkz

February 8th, 2007, 01:09 AM

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Torque is a measure of how much a force acting on an object causes that object to rotate.

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February 8th, 2007, 01:11 AM	#4
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February 8th, 2007, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by coreysr5

ive wondered the same thing myself, never said anything cause i thought people would say i was dumb

thats what this site is for man . to learn new stuff no1 will call you dumb ..

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February 8th, 2007, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Youngin

Originally Posted by coreysr5

ive wondered the same thing myself, never said anything cause i thought people would say i was dumb

thats what this site is for man . to learn new stuff no1 will call you dumb ..

ive been reading reading this site for a while, never registered until a couple days ago cause whenever i have a question, usually someone has already asked it, so i just look for it on the topics.

February 8th, 2007, 09:42 AM	#7
HMUSN Doc 91 Sonic Blue Goodness 19.83 @ 12mph Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 27,311	Torque Imagine that you have a big socket wrench with a 2-foot-long handle on it, and you apply 50 pounds of force to that 2-foot handle. What you are doing is applying a torque, or turning force, of 100 pound-feet (50 pounds to a 2-foot-long handle) to the bolt. You could get the same 100 pound-feet of torque by applying 1 pound of force to the end of a 100-foot handle or 100 pounds of force to a 1-foot handle. Similarly, if you attach a shaft to an engine, the engine can apply torque to the shaft. A dynamometer measures this torque. You can easily convert torque to horsepower by multiplying torque by rpm/5,252.

February 8th, 2007, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by HMUSN

Torque
Imagine that you have a big socket wrench with a 2-foot-long handle on it, and you apply 50 pounds of force to that 2-foot handle. What you are doing is applying a torque, or turning force, of 100 pound-feet (50 pounds to a 2-foot-long handle) to the bolt. You could get the same 100 pound-feet of torque by applying 1 pound of force to the end of a 100-foot handle or 100 pounds of force to a 1-foot handle.

Similarly, if you attach a shaft to an engine, the engine can apply torque to the shaft. A dynamometer measures this torque. You can easily convert torque to horsepower by multiplying torque by rpm/5,252.

+1 and torque is the measure of hosepower in a straight line. torque is rotational energy.

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February 8th, 2007, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by AtlanticBlue99

Originally Posted by HMUSN

Torque
Imagine that you have a big socket wrench with a 2-foot-long handle on it, and you apply 50 pounds of force to that 2-foot handle. What you are doing is applying a torque, or turning force, of 100 pound-feet (50 pounds to a 2-foot-long handle) to the bolt. You could get the same 100 pound-feet of torque by applying 1 pound of force to the end of a 100-foot handle or 100 pounds of force to a 1-foot handle.

Similarly, if you attach a shaft to an engine, the engine can apply torque to the shaft. A dynamometer measures this torque. You can easily convert torque to horsepower by multiplying torque by rpm/5,252.

+1 and torque is the measure of hosepower in a straight line. torque is rotational energy.

well, HMUSN gave a perfect dictionary description of torque, but here is what hp is: hp (or just power for that matter) is the measure of a force (torque in this case) over time. So, to equate ft lbs of torque to hp is this: hp = (rpm * ft lbs of tq)/ 5250

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February 8th, 2007, 05:52 PM	#10
DaemonJ Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cookeville, TN Posts: 531	The easiest way to say it: HP is pushing Torque is pulling The above isn't necessarily technically correct but that is the best description that I have ever heard.

February 8th, 2007, 05:54 PM	#11
Youngin Hip Hop Artist 2007 Mustang v6 11.47@120.58 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Californ-i-A Posts: 3,547	here ill make it easier for everyone ... the higher both HP and TQ are the better simple as that __________________ http://www.myspace.com/moddedmustangz Modded Mustang's Song Song #2 In Teh Werkz

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