On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 03:58:13 GMT, Joseph Oberlander
> wrote:
>
>Elle wrote:
>
>> Horsepower is commonly and rightly accepted as one measure of how powerful
>> an engine is.
>
>Yet this is as meaningless as "watts" are in audio. That it is
>commonly accepted as such is meaningless. Torque is how powerful
>the engine is. The rest is gearing, and any idiot can calculate
>ratios or add another gear to the transmission.

Elle is right, horsepower is the only unit that makes sense to use.
For example, the typical civic needs 70HP to do 100mph and 90HP to do
110mph. Try to use torque to describe the same and write half a page
of meaningless equations.
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Leon