I looked under howstuffworks and tried searching the forums, but I didn't find what horsepower and torque actually are. Does torque give you better acceleration and horsepower the top end. Sorry this may seem like stupid question Thanks

 

Here's the one for Horsepower:
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/horsepower.htm


And here is the one for torque:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/fpte4.htm

hope these help

 

i am no modorator or nothing, but newbie bin????

 

yeah, i guess.

moving to newbie bin.

 

Sorry I put in the wrong section, the reason I was wondering was that some of my friends have a lot more hp than torque (V-Tec).

 

torque is a measure of rotational force.

horsepower is just a measure of torque with relation to a certain engine rpm. i think its 5250 rpm.

 

most informative post ever ----> http://www.hyundaiaftermarket.com/cgi-bin/...t=000626#000000

i started it smile.gif

 

my goodness, that is an informative post. What the hell am I doing posting in it? 8O