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BrianG · 02.13.2008, 02:20 PM

I've always thought about torque vs HP like this: Torque is how much you can lift and HP is how fast you can lift it (or something like that).

What you say about the bolt tightening analogy makes sense. If you have a certain amount of torque at a certain rpm, you can "gear up" to multiply the speed, but torque is reduced by the same amount. HP should be the same no matter what "gearing" you use though since the same work is being done, just at different speeds.

And yeah, the 5252 thing is a constant, but can't remember what. I do know it does work though...

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	02.13.2008, 02:20 PM I've always thought about torque vs HP like this: Torque is how much you can lift and HP is how fast you can lift it (or something like that). What you say about the bolt tightening analogy makes sense. If you have a certain amount of torque at a certain rpm, you can "gear up" to multiply the speed, but torque is reduced by the same amount. HP should be the same no matter what "gearing" you use though since the same work is being done, just at different speeds. And yeah, the 5252 thing is a constant, but can't remember what. I do know it does work though...