Important: The following is a text only archive!
For full features; Go to Everything You Want to Know... About Horsepower and Torque, Part 1
?????
vwhobo
?????
vwhobo
?????
vwhobo
?????
vwhobo
Articles are back! Not only that but 4 parts in a row... WOHOO!
Thanks vwhobo :clap: :clap:
Unfedfat
and what makes you think im willing to read all that? :doh: :guns:
SuperJew
I did. I don't know how much I remembered but I read it.
Satty101
Because you're supposed to be the smart teenager in the bunch. That's what
you like to tell us anyway.
vwhobo
good stuff vwhobo :clap:
Bubba
smart, yes.
lazy? yes as well.
SuperJew
smartest? well, hell of a lot smarter than me.
Satty101
Wow i can't believe i just read all of that but anyway nice one :clap:
I give that :thumbs: :thumbs:
Porsche Fan
very nice... started to read it, going to finish reading now...
spadassin
vwhobo, in connection with your chapter on horsepower and torque, I have
the following 2 questions: -
1. If torque peaks lower down in the rev range and it's torque that's good
for producing the grunt for such things as hill climbing, why is it best to
keep revs high when climbing hills?
2. Why is it called 'brake' (or is it 'break') horsepower?
snoopewite
1. Lower in the rev range is a relative thing. Some engines torque peak
is in the neighborhood of 7k rpm so... You see what I mean by relative?
2. It is brake, and it is called that because of the type of equipment
used to measure the horsepower. I probably couldn't explain it here but
I'll look for a site that does.
vwhobo
"I see", said the blind man who couldn't see at all. Thanks vwhobo and
another round of applause :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
snoopewite
An engine is basically a heat pump. It gets the right fuel/air ratio and
the correct ignition timing. Thats what everything on the engine is
basically for is those two things. All the power is from the hot gases in
the combustion chamber expanding and pushing downward on the piston.
DodgeRida67
Very impressive article, I even tried to find mistakes in your explanation
of how force relates work which in turn relates to power, and found none. I
bow to you.
67Pony
Great article, hobo. Thanks for the info.
I do have a few questions, though.
If someone (namely me) were looking to "tune" an engine to get the most
torque and hoursepower out of it, which order should I follow the steps?
You've said in your article that the exhaust system can hold up the other
modifications made, so is that a good place? It seems that most people
looking for extra power just follow the cheapest-to-most-expesive route
(buy air fiter first, maybe cams or exhast after that, etc, etc). I prefer
to follow a smarter approach. Any suggestions?
Sonreir
While you are at it can you do some for me too? Specifically any mercedes,
bmw or EVO engine.
SNiPeRViRuS
That was a very well written article, coincidentally, a lot of it parallels
what I am studying right now.
However, I think a lot of people will have trouble understanding 80% of
that. I'm currently going to college for auto mechanics, and had a bit of
trouble with some parts. 1 year ago, I would have stopped reading three
lines in due to the fact that my head would be spinning.
Mathew
Why did wvhobo erase the article?!!!!
CarEXPERT
Because he copied/pasted it and didn't want anyone to realize it. Once word
was put out there (by me) he quickly edited the articals so I would have no
proof.
Here you go, this is the EXACT same artical that he pasted on here before
he erased it. http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles/868/
DodgeRida67
HAHAHHA why do people try to act like they are smart on forums..?
That is a HELLA good article dodge, imma print it out, Dodge if you have
any more good article like that please send them to me.. so I can learn
more.
CarEXPERT
He seemingly knows a great deal. I don't know what's up with that crap. His
attitude is full of shit. Other than that.
http://carcraft.com/techarticles/
http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/
DodgeRida67
Wow, that was some great reading!!! :laughing:
dsiENGINES
THIS SELF PROCLAIMED KNOW IT ALL IS FULL OF IT.+
the lobster
vwhobo, you got OWNED!!
CarEXPERT
Go back to your hole CarExpert!! :roll:
elchango36
gotta agree w/ the evil monkey there... why are you trying to start sh*t
after like a year?
dodger65
What you fail to see though you knobhead, is that hobo edited his articles
so we only have idiots like you and dildo's word for it that it was a
copy/paste. I'm gonna hazard a guess that he had other reasons to delete
the article. If I'm wrong though....which I doubt, I'll take it back, but
probably the only person I'm willing to listen to is somebody with atleast
an ounce of respect here at CF, like the man himself for example
:thumbs:...or any other well respected CFers!
Hey, I just thought...what if hobo did copy/paste that stuff, but only to
save hime writting it all out again. I'l leave you to your own devices as
to what I mean :wink2:
Oh well, atleast this thread turned out a member with an advert in his sig!
:banghead:
Cliffy
I'm still reading those articles...why does it matter if he copied and
pasted, you still learn the same thing lol.
Also, is "knobhead" a common word for you Brits? Because I went biking the
other day and I was riding beside a friend on a pretty narrow path, when
some guy on a bike (I think he had a British accent lol) looks at me and
goes "Wrong side, ya knobhead!"...But it might also be possible he said
"doghead" I didn't really hear him :laughing:
chris_knows
Very true lol
Yes, it is a very common term in the UK, although mainly in Southern
England, where I'm from, it's a politer way of calling somebody a d*ck head
lol (knob = male reproductive organ...incase ya didn't know lol.....or a
door handle of course!)....What were you doing riding on the wrong side of
the road anyway? ya knobhead lol.....and their gonna eventually let you
loose in a car? lol
Cliffy
I was on the wrong side of the road because my friend was on the right side
of the path, and I was next to him, can't remember what I was explaining,
but there was still enough room for the other guy to pass by us...I think
he just liked the word :laughing:
chris_knows
or maybe he just learned the word like you....
Satty101
This brings back memories. Haha.
There are a few people that know the truth.:wink2:
67Coronet383
not a bad place if you can overlook some of the bull hockey - not as bad as
it used to be
tbaxleyjr
I actually wanted to know something about horsepower and torque...... does
anybody happen to have it saved somewhere? :ohcrap:
Apples
There's a link like halfway through the thread
http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles/horsepower_vs_torque/index.html
Check out some other tech articles too, there's lots of good stuff
http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles/index.html
chris_knows
