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[manker]

torque is turning force, innit.

how hard it turns, like.

That sounds right, onomatopoeia and all.

So what does it mean when a car has zero torque?
Cos like a Mazda RX8 has zero torque

Edit: lol wtf numbers Skweeks. I'm not some kind of car mad maths genious.

[Barbarossa]

Perhaps you can only drive a Mazda RX8 in a straight line

[Skweeky]

I presume the actually mean that there net zero torque.
I believe it means that there is no excess force, it is constant, therefore there is no friction so it is more effective.

But then again, car people aren't phycisists. So who the fuck knows?

[Skweeky]

Also : http://www.khanacademy.org/science/p...tion-to-torque
You only need to watch it for 2 minutes. Then he explains what it is.

Ffs.

[Barbarossa]

Can't you tell us? I like it when you tell us....

[manker]

I presume the actually mean that there net zero torque.
I believe it means that there is no excess force, it is constant, therefore there is no friction so it is more effective.

Yours and barbie's posts made me lol for entirely different reasons.

Thanks, both, but I think I'm gonna have to wait for Bo.
He's like the two of you combined and tempered.

[manker]

Also : http://www.khanacademy.org/science/p...tion-to-torque
You only need to watch it for 2 minutes. Then he explains what it is.

Ffs.

No it's okay. I understand what torque is now, I just need to know why a Mazda RX8 doesn't have any.
Thank you, though, hidden depths girl <3

[Skweeky]

I don't know what on earth happened there o_O

I'm going to give this one more go, for Barbie's sake:

Imagine you are the wheel of a car.
The engine is exerting a force on you which makes you want to rotate
However, because there is a heavy car above you and a lot of ground below you, there is also a force exerted between you and the ground (because of the pressure).
If the force coming from the engine is equal to the force coming from the ground, then the result is zero torque and whatever you are doing will not change. (if you are not rotating, you won't start rotating, if you are rotating, the speed will not increase or decrease).

[Skweeky]

Specially for you I have been reading up on Mazda RX8s and why they have no torque. According to the forums, it just has very low torque, so it means the force coming from the engine won't be much more than the force counterbalancing it, therefore it won't be very agressive at pulling away or accelerating.

[Barbarossa]

okayyyyyyyy......

Surely every stationary car has zero torque then, or cars would be spontaneously rolling all over the place out of control!!!!