Gordon McGrew wrote:

> If you have an engine that produces 10000 ft*lb at 10 rpm but won't
> turn any faster, you are goining to be very slow even though you have
> lots of torque. You will get beaten by a car of identical weight with
> 100 hp at 10,000 rpm every time. He will blow your doors off, even
> though he might have peak torque of less than 1% of your engine.
> orque alone doesn't matter. It's power that moves the car. Sorry.

Except that it only takes about 40-50hp to maintain 70mph. That
one car can do 140 and the other only 100mph really means nothing.
(It's not as drastic as you imply for automobiles)