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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 08:45 PM
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Kestrel
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A car only acclerates at the torque value available for that speed, that's what the engine can produce, and that's what you're getting out of it.
Hey I kinda like that analogy. I never thought of it that way before....

So HP is just a measure of how fast a car can accelerate at speed....:thumbup: