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ELI5: What does "horsepower" mean for an Engine? - Reddit
A horsepower is the average power of one draft horse during routine, non-strenuous activity. Measuring the engine in these units compares it with a horse, how many times is the engine more powerful than a horse.
ELI5: what is horsepower? : r/explainlikeimfive - Reddit
Horsepower is a unit of power that represents the kind of average power from a horse per day. One horse animal produces more than 1 HP for a little while but not 12 hours a day.
WTF is horsepower and does it actually matter? - Reddit
Horsepower is a marketing term invented to compare the approximate work a “typical” horse can do to the work a steam engine can do in the 1800s.
What's the difference between horsepower and torque? : r ... - Reddit
Horsepower is the total output. I've had cars with much higher torque than hp (mustang gt) and much less torque than hp. This is the difference in how they drive: -the high torque car has quick and instant acceleration -the low torque car has no quick and instant acceleration, it takes time to build in the higher rpm bands
How much horsepower do you really need? - Reddit
Horsepower is complete horse shit, because it doesn't take into account weight, torque, transmission, gear size/length, throttle response, tire width, tire diameter, or drivetrain.
Horsepower vs torque? What's more important? : r/cars - Reddit
I've been researching about cars more and more lately, and while cars are my biggest hobby there's one thing I'm stuck on, and that's why horsepower us more important than torque, to performance.
What’s the threshold that you consider “low” horsepower in a car?
A drag car? A rally car? A sports car? There’s a wide range in what’s considered low and high, I’ve seen a beautiful 67 mustang done up with like 1200hp, but after like 6-700 horsepower in a car that size I’m not sure the extra power would make much difference on many tracks. Reply reply more repliesMore replies 6-plus26 •
Horsepower vs Torque? What makes a car more fun to drive?
Horsepower is a bullshit number that just, maybe, tells you where your torque happens in the rpm range. But what percentage of time are you driving in the rpm range above 5250?
Torque vs horsepower : r/motorcycle - Reddit
Horsepower is not a direct measurement, but a calculation derived by multiplying the peak torque number by the rpm at which that peak torque is acheived, and then dividing the product of those two by 5252. Horsepower is an expression of the rate at which work can be done, while torque is simply a measurement of how hard the twisting force is.
Any horsepower difference between jailbreak, redeye jailbreak ... - Reddit
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