Which would you rather have?

[NetChemica]

Hypothetically speaking, if you have a choice of having either of the two and still keeping a rather flat power band (traction not an issue)... which would you choose?

Try not to provide reasons why you chose one over the other, I just want to see who says what. I would be interested in you telling me what you voted for though...

come on ricers on the board, pop out

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[Mook]

i pick torque

 

[Angus]

I picked torque b/c ^^^ picked it too.

what's this torque you speak of??

haha

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

500 tq would be insane. You would need 5ft wide slicks not to break traction.

 

[Spicy McHaggiz]

500 Torque, you'd be able to power off the line with ease. Not to mention in Auto-x you'd be unstoppable because you could get off so well. Same with a small roadcourse race.

 

[Dasfinc]

Which would be more reliably achievable?

or is this more of a 'in a perfect world which would you pick' kinda thing?

 

[IDAFC21]

torque fo sho. that way i could twist the frame comin off the line

 

[NetChemica]

you guys want to fess up as to who picked horsepower? ... fucking ricers

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

lmao horsepower is a number calculated from torque... 500hp is useless at 1500rpm

now if it was 500tq at 1500rpm and 500hp at 9000rpm then thats when hp numbers are really shown as power. there is no comparison here lol

 

[CrawlinTBSS]

500tq so i can drag the bumper

 

[Angus]

500 Torque, you'd be able to power off the line with ease. Not to mention in Auto-x you'd be unstoppable because you could get off so well. Same with a small roadcourse race.

and it's 500 tq at 1500 rpms!

 

[syP]

500 horsepower.... fo sho

 

[NetChemica]

lmao horsepower is a number calculated from torque... 500hp is useless at 1500rpm

... you just contradicted yourself there buddy. :slap:

 

[NetChemica]

500tq so i can drag the bumper

you can't do that with 500hp @ 1500rpm?

 

[NetChemica]

Alright, well, since nobody is voting or posting, I'll break the news.

HP = (TQ*RPM)/5252

To find HP, you take TQ, multiply by RPM, and divide by 5252. This is why the HP and TQ always intersect at 5252rpm.

To break down my question, it was a choice between:

500ftlbs @ 1500rpm and 142.8hp @ 1500rpm

or

1,750ftlbs @ 1500rpm and 500hp @ 1500rpm

given traction wasn't an issue, the "wise" choice should have been 500hp.

 

[IDAFC21]

pwned

 

[LeddZepp8687]

you guys want to fess up as to who picked horsepower? ... fucking ricers

I did, Im a fuckin ricer. But I wont reveal WHY I really picked it.

Ill let you other people figure it out. THINK harder. Obviously 500 TQ @1500 would be sick but you need to think of Ratios.

Well I've said enough.

Ah fuck you already revealed why.

Bastard.

 

[thinkingstrings]

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