Hi, Guest
08-02-2007, 01:33 AM
Torque = acceleration
HP = top speed
And ideally you'd want to have bags of both ... but
IIRC it takes something like 30hp to keep a Focus moving at 100 kph ... and left unfettered a stock 130 hp Zetec will propel a Focus to 210 kph.
So the question is ... how much HP do you need for public roads?
For merging on highways, getting briskly away from a light, for highway passing, IMO it's all about torque.
HP = top speed
And ideally you'd want to have bags of both ... but
IIRC it takes something like 30hp to keep a Focus moving at 100 kph ... and left unfettered a stock 130 hp Zetec will propel a Focus to 210 kph.
So the question is ... how much HP do you need for public roads?
For merging on highways, getting briskly away from a light, for highway passing, IMO it's all about torque.
oldeguy,Aug 1 2007, 09:32 AM Wrote:Just asking a question.
Unless your racing, which is a better thing to have horsepower or torque? and why?
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