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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 12:26 AM
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How do you figure Hp verses track times?
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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 04:45 AM
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Hp doesn't mean **** on track times. It depends on traction and weight. HP sells cars .. TQ ... you fill out the rest. But if you have to know and play around with the numbers ...

http://www.dsm.org/tools/calchp.htm
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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 04:53 AM
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mph ?
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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 05:00 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Pippen_001 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hp doesn't mean **** on track times. It depends on traction and weight. HP sells cars .. TQ ... you fill out the rest. But if you have to know and play around with the numbers ...

http://www.dsm.org/tools/calchp.htm
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Why do all the calculators use HP and not TQ then?

Tell Formula 1 that HP doesn't matter, that it's all about TQ. lol
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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 07:05 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tony1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Why do all the calculators use HP and not TQ then?

Tell Formula 1 that HP doesn't matter, that it's all about TQ. lol</TD></TR></TABLE>

hahahah good one!!

This is another good HP calculator

http://www.tciauto.com/Product...asp#8
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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 07:25 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Pippen_001 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hp doesn't mean **** on track times. It depends on traction and weight. HP sells cars .. TQ ... you fill out the rest. But if you have to know and play around with the numbers ...

http://www.dsm.org/tools/calchp.htm
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1 HP = 550 ft*lb/sec or 1 hp is the amount of energy needed to accelerate 550 lbs 1 foot in 1 second....

How does this NOT correlate to drag racing???
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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 11:05 AM
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Don't get me wrong here. HP does matter, but it's calculated on the torque. The torque/hp power band means more to me than the max hp.
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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 11:14 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Pippen_001 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Don't get me wrong here. HP does matter, but it's calculated on the torque. The torque/hp power band means more to me than the max hp.</TD></TR></TABLE>

then im sure you already know that when the TQ stays the same Hp goes up with rpm right?
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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 12:20 PM
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Yes sir
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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 12:40 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Pippen_001 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yes sir</TD></TR></TABLE>

Then don't make a generized incorrect statement that "HP sells cars and TQ wins races".
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