Re: [DML] Horsepower vs Torque
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Re: [DML] Horsepower vs Torque



Don't forget that torque in a smaller engine has max 
torque at a much higher rpm. While bigger engines such as a 350 has 
peak torque as low at 2000rpm. Which is much more useful. It means
less shifting, and more useable power for everyday use.

MT



> what's "very much"?
> A turbocharged 1.5L BMW F1 engine generates 500ft-lb of torque.
> A production 2.0L rotary twin turbo generated more torque than the 
> 4.6L
> northstar v8 (297 ft-lb vs 295 ft-lb).
> 
> In fact, smaller engines generate more torque for their size than 
> larger
> engines.  A turbocharged Lotus 2.2L makes more than TWICE the torque 
> for
> it's size than the chevy 350.  
> 
> Your assessment of the chevy 350 is also not entirely accurate.  You 
> say
> that the "185 Net HP" translates to 330ft-lbs of torque, but the 
> peak
> horsepower for the vette's 350 is attained at 4000 to 5000RPM.  
> There is
> much less HP at 3000RPM.  Also, I don't know of any 350s that have 
> HP as
> low as 185 and torque as high as 330ft-lb.  
> 
> 
> It's normally expensive and a pain to replace the transmission as 
> well as
> the engine in a conversion, but I'd consider an engine swap to be
> incomplete if you can't count on the transmission to take the 
> beating
> that an engine can dish out.  
> 
> If you're replacing the engine in the Delorean, you've probably 
> already
> passed the point where the 'collector status' of the car has any 
> value. 
> Personally, it seems unlikely to me to swap a PRV back into a car 
> that's
> gotten an engine swap to another engine.  I think the car would have 
> to
> have significant colllector appeal for such a "unswap" to be 
> reasonable
> or desirable.
> 
> 
> Jim 
> 1537
> 
> ...
> > 
> > That's what killed Darryl Tinnerstet's input shaft (a stock 350 is
> > "only" rated 185 Net HP, but at 3,000 RPM that translates into 330 
> 
> > Ft
> > Lbs of Torque).
> > 
> > I do have a spare high compression Ford 460 you might be able to
> > shoehorn back there...
> > 
> > Bill Robertson
> > #5939
> > 
> 
> 
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