Torque of a car
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When people talk about the torque of a car, what physical capability of the car is he talking about?
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dont really know the exact term but i presume it refers to the amount of force which the car can pull away? higher torque you can feel yourself being "pushed" into your seat.
try wikipedia -
Torque is very important for acceleration, although horsepower plays a part too..horsepower is more for top speed..higher horsepower usually equates to higher top speed..
The more torque there is, the more you are pushed into your seat when the car accelerates hard.. -
The ability to roll off from a stationary position.
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erm... wrong... horespower is a derivative of torque...Originally posted by alleggerita:Torque is very important for acceleration, although horsepower plays a part too..horsepower is more for top speed..higher horsepower usually equates to higher top speed..
The more torque there is, the more you are pushed into your seat when the car accelerates hard..
loosely put... torque is needed for acceleration and horsepower is how high ur top speed can go... -
why is it that civic type r has such low torques as compared to turbo charged cars but yet their 0-100km/h is about the same as them?
is it bcause of the gear ratio? -
The turbocharger is providing torque,and yes it does provide quite a lot of torque.Originally posted by vertex1980:why is it that civic type r has such low torques as compared to turbo charged cars but yet their 0-100km/h is about the same as them?
is it bcause of the gear ratio?
The 0-100km/h may be the same because there's other factors to the almost same quickness..
In this case it could be that the Civic Type R is light and therefore could be as fast as the TC car
Gear Ratio does affect the century sprint though to a lesser extent -
u got to compare the torque to the total weight of the car...as far as i'm concern honda car like civic type R or even normal honda civic are using the fact of power : weight ratio factor to tune their car....
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For what i know... a Porsche 911 Turbo has a quicker acceleration, but a GT3 can attain its top speed faster. Maybe something for you ppl to ponder too
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Torque is a twist and is applied to an object to make the object turn about its axis of rotation. It deals with rotational motion. It is similar to a force being applied to an object that changes its linear rate of motion. When torque is applied it changes an objectÂ’s rate of rotational motion. The magnitude of the torque is measured by multiplying the perpendicular component of the force applied by the distance between the objectÂ’s axis of rotation and the point where the force is applied.
Now what you need to do is to be able to translate how torque will affect the speed and acceleration of the car. You need to understand the relationship between the Torque, the acceleration and the speed and what other factors influence them.
Torque = Force x Distance
Ex: A weight hanging from the far end of a beam creates a greater amount of torque (and therefore causes the beam to bend more) than if the same weight were hung from the middle of the beam. -
difference in weight and torque end wud give different 0-100 time and 100-200 time.the gt3 is damn lightOriginally posted by tomsss:For what i know... a Porsche 911 Turbo has a quicker acceleration, but a GT3 can attain its top speed faster. Maybe something for you ppl to ponder too -
x2Originally posted by SBS9828X:difference in weight and torque end wud give different 0-100 time and 100-200 time.the gt3 is damn light
Yes, agreed..lighter weight is what makes the GT3 arrive at it's top speed faster.. -
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