[geofarrey]

hey what exactly is torque... treat me like a kindergartener, i really dont know, and i really want to.

[Youngin]

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

[232stang]

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

[coreysr5]

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

[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 ..

[coreysr5]

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.

[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.

[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.

[Sa-WaitNoMustang900Turbo]

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

[DaemonJ]

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.

[Youngin]

here ill make it easier for everyone ... the higher both HP and TQ are the better simple as that