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Skweeky
12-06-2009, 08:57 PM
:fear:
I'm watching Top Gear so I decided to look up the definition of 'torque' on Wikipedia.
Up popped a page full of vectors and scary looking formulas. I feel nauseous and slighty frightened by my inability to understand what it actually means:cry:
Is this one of those things like 'offside'? One of them witchy things most men and few women understand?
Bar stewards.
tesco
12-06-2009, 09:14 PM
yes.
torque = the measure of force applied torsionally (twisting).
Usually for cars it is measured in ft-lbs (foot pounds)
So 200lb-ft is the amount of force required to move 200lbs one foot, or to move 1lb 200 feet, or to move 100lbs 2 feet, etc..
That's my uneducated understanding of it anyway. :P
It also relates proportionally to the RPM of the engine and the Horsepower. Higher torque and higher RPM = higher horse power.
IdolEyes787
12-06-2009, 10:03 PM
Torque :a lesson in physics
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'Torque' (the physical/mechanical concept, not the movie) is a truly wonderful and moving thing.
Gemby!
12-07-2009, 02:05 AM
yes.
torque = the measure of force applied torsionally (twisting).
Usually for cars it is measured in ft-lbs (foot pounds)
So 200lb-ft is the amount of force required to move 200lbs one foot, or to move 1lb 200 feet, or to move 100lbs 2 feet, etc..
That's my uneducated understanding of it anyway. :P
It also relates proportionally to the RPM of the engine and the Horsepower. Higher torque and higher RPM = higher horse power.
i see the words, and yet all i can think is 'i want a capri-sun'.
It's kind of a guy thing anyway, Gems.
No worries.
Women don't care what 700-800 lbs/ft of torque can do to tighten one's sphincter.
Gemby!
12-07-2009, 02:51 AM
i do know what offside is...kinda
Well, then.
Half-way there, eh?
Now all you have to do is find some serious torque, try it out, and report back to us.
Skweeky
12-07-2009, 08:17 AM
yes.
torque = the measure of force applied torsionally (twisting).
Usually for cars it is measured in ft-lbs (foot pounds)
So 200lb-ft is the amount of force required to move 200lbs one foot, or to move 1lb 200 feet, or to move 100lbs 2 feet, etc..
That's my uneducated understanding of it anyway. :P
It also relates proportionally to the RPM of the engine and the Horsepower. Higher torque and higher RPM = higher horse power.
i see the words, and yet all i can think is 'i want a capri-sun'.
I feel the same.
Good effort though Tesco.
clocker
12-07-2009, 03:43 PM
Ladies, ladies.
From a practical standpoint, "torque" is easily understood.
Imagine this scenario...
Your car is standing still on wet pavement.
Now, mash the gas pedal (you're in gear, obviously).
The more torque your engine has, the lower the RPMs it'll reach before you lose traction and the tires spin.
Torque is what pushes you back in the seat when you romp on the accelerator.
Torque gets you off the line fast, horsepower gets you higher top end.
Basically.
That concludes today's lesson.
Skweeky
12-07-2009, 03:45 PM
Bravo clockster, bravo.
clocker
12-07-2009, 04:01 PM
I could go on forever.
chalice
12-07-2009, 04:05 PM
Tomás de Torquemada was a Spanish Inquisitor General back in the good old days.
He was a bit of a cunt, by all accounts.
I've never heard him mentioned on Top Gear, though.
He was awesome, though...just like 800 lb/ft of the other.
I would add one thing to friend Clocker's summation:
Between horsepower and torque, torque is the one that doesn't give a shit.
xuxoxux
12-09-2009, 12:12 AM
Do I need to scan my physics notes about this? Torque is actually very simple...if you understand just a tad bit of physics.
clocker
12-09-2009, 01:25 AM
Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity is actually very simple...if you understand just a tad bit of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity.
Everything I learned about logic I got from M.C. Escher.
Gemby!
12-09-2009, 03:13 AM
Do I need to scan my physics notes about this? Torque is actually very simple...if you understand just a tad bit of physics.
that's why i will never understand torque :)
Barbarossa
12-09-2009, 09:38 AM
Rocket science is actually very simple - it's hardly brain surgery.
clocker
12-09-2009, 01:37 PM
Rocket science is actually very simple - it's hardly brain surgery.
Or talking to women.
Apologies to Jim Gaffigan.
xuxoxux
12-09-2009, 07:12 PM
Rocket science is actually very simple - it's hardly brain surgery.
Or talking to women.
Apologies to Jim Gaffigan.
True. Women are the biggest mystery in the universe. Buy them a ring and bam, they love you. Ask for a sandwich, they hate you. I don't get it. ;)
brotherdoobie
12-11-2009, 08:06 PM
Or talking to women.
Apologies to Jim Gaffigan.
True. Women are the biggest mystery in the universe. Buy them a ring and bam, they love you. Ask for a sandwich, they hate you. I don't get it. ;)
Have you tried paying for it? Of course you have.
Silly me.
-doobs
True. Women are the biggest mystery in the universe. Buy them a ring and bam, they love you. Ask for a sandwich, they hate you. I don't get it. ;)
Have you tried paying for it? Of course you have.
Silly me.
-doobs
As I recall, Ms.BD does pretty mean sandwich when inclined...
My wife would too, if she knew what sandwiches were, or, more properly, if she more about sandwich theory - she does peanut butter and/or jelly, grilled cheese, etc,. but lacks the creativity of the connoisseur.
She has other talents and specialties, however.
clocker
12-12-2009, 02:06 PM
Sammiches are an art form.
What you want is a good old fashioned Jewish deli...probably a bit thin on the ground in your area.
Sammiches are an art form.
What you want is a good old fashioned Jewish deli...probably a bit thin on the ground in your area.
Oh, I know my way around the bready arts; what I lack are the proper ingrediments.
My kingdom for one of the old Harry's fresh markets I habituated around north Atlanta.
You have a definite point about the deli, though...
clocker
12-13-2009, 02:08 AM
One needs the proper pickle, a suitably spicy mustard and a sweet old waitress who calls you "Honey".
Like a Waffle House, without the vomit.
One needs the proper pickle, a suitably spicy mustard and a sweet old waitress who calls you "Honey".
Like a Waffle House, without the vomit.
I wonder if I could fit a small Waffle House (sans vomit) in a Stealth?
Back on sandwiches for a sec, I must say reading the Lawrence Sanders' mysteries featuring the character of Captain Edward X. Delaney was like looking in a mirror, sammich-wise.
He was singularly creative, and I learned that really good works must be eaten over the sink, standing up.
clocker
12-14-2009, 03:39 AM
I wonder if I could fit a small Waffle House (sans vomit) in a Stealth?
Counting unhatched chickens?
BTW, I may have scored a set of Mustang Bullet wheels for the 7...will find out tomorrow.
Oh, they're nice.
The boss has his in storage and he says he misses them.
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