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Horsepower vs torque - a simple explanation

What's The Difference Between Horsepower & Torque? Which is better, horsepower or torque? Two words that are often stated in ...
Without getting into a long-winded dissertation about torque, we're going to suggest that you dig through your old copies of HOT ROD Magazine and familiarize yourself with the relationship between ...
In the middle of the muscle-car horsepower wars, the 1970 Buick GS Stage 1 quietly rewrote the rulebook by proving that raw ...
To paraphrase Janis Joplin, O Lord, won't you buy me the new Mercedes-Benz? The S65 AMG Coupe, in particular. The line-topping, twin-turbocharged 6.0 liter V12-powered two-door is expected to rocket ...
This is not a shootout. It's not called a shootout, it wasn't conducted like a shootout, and there is no winner. What we've done is put four Chevy multipoint injection (MPI) manifolds through a dyno ...
In a recent article, I wrote about step-motor system performance emphasizing key concepts that all engineers need to understand about this widely-used electro-magnetic-mechanical digital actuator. As ...
Ferrari might be trying to tame its roaring V12 engines. Or at least the few it still sells. The company is looking at a ...