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Default The physics of cars - a question sequence.

In article ,
newshound wrote:
Power, revs, and torque are inextricably linked but I think that most
mechanical engineers who go back to the basics think of it being the
torque which provides the mechanical force at the wheels (and hence the
acceleration).


I've been trying to get that point across for some weeks now. But it is
obviously beyond many. ;-)

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