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Andy Asberry
 
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Default Question about car engine horsepower rating

On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:39:22 GMT, wwsjr wrote:


That's all screwed up, HP is 33,000 pounds 1 foot in 1 minute, right?
Thats one healthy horse.


250# x 132' in 1 minute. Sounds doable now, huh?

So torque, a static measurement, doing work over time, is "horsepower."
I'm going for more coffee.


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