What is the difference between torque and horsepower?
85522
Torque, multiplied by rotational velocity (rpm's), gives horsepower.
650418
Work is when you exert a force and an object moves in the direction of the force.  Power is the rate at which work is done.  And please don't copy this answer for homework or something like that because that would be cheating.
414494
If you know how many watts the motor can provide then dividing that by 746 will give you horsepower.\n\nThe Amperes and knowing the supply (ie. 220V) can give you horsepower since amps times volts gives watts.\n\nThings get complicated if these readings are not a measure taken just before the point of stalling the motor with a load on the motor to induce it's full power output.
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That means HP purely from the engine, no forced induction, etc!!! Naturally aspirated, or N/A.\nIt DOES NOT mean it's a stock car. I can have an insanely tuned car that is still all motor, but has no forced induction, which can come in many forms like air from turbo/super, or nitrous shots... etc. Tho some don't consider nitrous as violating the "all motor" rule.
860448
22-d, 28-b, 30-c\n\nA baseball has rotation and translational motion.  Torque is a measurement of the ability to produce angular acceleration, while force is related to the translational acceleration (hence 28-d is false)  28-a and 28-c are equivalent, which should have been a clue that 28-b is the right answer.
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British horsepower is also known as just horsepower.\nOne horsepower = 745.7 watts\nSee the howstuffworks link for an interesting look at horsepower.\n\nTo find the rated electrical input power required for a motor knowing the horsepower:\nkVA = (hp*.7457)/(eff*pf)\n\nwhere kVA = rated input power in kilo volt-amps\nhp = rated output horsepower\neff = motor efficiency (Pout/Pin)\npf = power factor of the motor\n\nIn general, a generator can take a load that is equivalent to the input power times the generator efficiency.  After all, a generator just converts energy from a mechanical form to electrical form with some losses in the process.  I admit that it isn't quite as simple as that, though, so I recommend further reading.\n\nTry Wikipedia, howstuffworks, etc for a start with general reading.  Those should lead to the more in-depth stuff.
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Depends on the weight of the car.\n\nThat´s what torque means in common english.  HP adn weight relationship.  \n\nThink on a heavy car with little HP.  Low torque.\nThink on a light car with a lot of HP (porsche).  High torque.\n\nThey sell HP!!!  But inteligent buyer watch for torque.
336996
The amount of gas is determined by the size of the tank.  At most tracks, it is 22 gallons, and 2 tracks, it is 13 gallons.  Horsepower has nothing to do with the amount of gas each car holds.  If you are asking about fuel mileage, that is a completely different answer and is determined by the individual cars and how each driver drives their car.
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None. It takes no power to maintain that speed (on level ground, no friction). The object has kinetic energy (0.5 * m * v^2). Power was required to put it in motion and power can be recovered by decelerating it. If you do the math, the energy is 3551.86 ft-lb, equivalent to 1 horsepower for 6.458 seconds. Answer 1 neglected the fact that weight must be converted to mass by dividing by g, and energy is proportional to v^2.
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power is the amount of work done in unit time \nit is measured in Joules per second , dude
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1 kilowatt = 1.34102209 horsepower\n\nIf you want to convert anything, go to http://www.google.com/. Type in, for example, "convert 20 kilowatts to horsepower" and Google will do the conversion for you.
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It really depends on the vehicle and the driver. If you are experienced with manual transmissions, most "normal/everyday" cars are faster in manual. However, there are some high end models whose auto is faster (even driven by a novice) than the manual version driven by a professional race car driver. One example of this is the new (2007) Porsche 911 Turbo, which goes 0-60mph in 4 seconds with a manual transmission (with professional test driver) and goes 0-60mph in 3.6 seconds with the automatic transmission (in auto mode, not tiptronic).
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combustion? your question i super vague. the drive shaft applying torque created by the engine to the wheels which turn making the car move? you might want to be more specific. and if you look at wikipedia.org under combustion engine you might find what your looking for
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Thrust in avionics terms is the same as horse power for a car or truck. It is how much power a jet engine can produce. Drag is things that can limit velocity. A plane need to be sleek to be efficient. when a plane has its landing gear down there is more air resistance, or drag.
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It stands for Raw horsepower and Raw torque. Did you need to know what horsepower and torque were too? Wasn't sure.......maybe I should add that too eh??\n\nHorsepower: Awhile back, a gentleman by the name of Watt (the same gent who did all that neat stuff with steam engines) made some observations, and concluded that the average horse of the time could lift a 550 pound weight one foot in one second, thereby performing work at the rate of 550 foot pounds per second, or 33,000 foot pounds per minute, for an eight hour shift, more or less. He then published those observations, and stated that 33,000 foot pounds per minute of work was equivalent to the power of one horse, or, one horsepower. \n\nTorque: A foot pound of torque is the twisting force necessary to support a one pound weight on a weightless horizontal bar, one foot from the fulcrum. \n\n\nOK. Remember Watt? He said that 33,000 foot pounds of work per minute was equivalent to one horsepower. If we divide the 6.2832 foot pounds of work we've done per revolution of that weight into 33,000 foot pounds, we come up with the fact that one foot pound of torque at 5252 rpm is equal to 33,000 foot pounds per minute of work, and is the equivalent of one horsepower. If we only move that weight at the rate of 2626 rpm, it's the equivalent of 1/2 horsepower (16,500 foot pounds per minute), and so on. Therefore, the following formula applies for calculating horsepower from a torque measurement: \n\n\n                                Torque * RPM\n\n        Horsepower      =       ------------\n\n                                    5252\n\nLol...besides the math....here is an article that might help you understand what you want to look for in your car. Good luck :) (but pay off the house first!!)
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Ford GT40 (550 Hp, 500 Lb/ft Torque, $150,000) Because its cheaper and I'm not made of money............lol
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Enzo Ferrari has a 0-60 of 3.3 seconds Corvette Z06 has a 0-60 of 3.8 seconds.  The horsepower of the Z06 is 500 even, and the torque is also 500ft-lbs. even. The horsepower on the Enzo Ferrari is 660 and torque is 485ft-lbs. Plus the Ferrari is lighter on top of that, has a low drag coefficient and has built in launch control for the gearbox. There's no comparison. Like a shopping cart and a jet fighter.