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Old 04-18-2010, 11:46 AM   #3480
thebrander
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Originally Posted by Sax1031 View Post
HP = torque over time.

I use to be like that. I loved when I had my 90 5.0. It made low end torque but not power up high. Then I bought a liter bike. Basically a low/no torque motor that made power high up the rpm, and geared like crazy. For a pure performance setup it is hard to beat a high hp/high revving/geared vehicle.

For day to day, stop and go traffic, the low end torque is very nice.

HP = torque x rpm precisely speaking (but I don't think you were trying to be precise, sorry I'm an engineer)
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