From: doug.bryce{at}sympatico.ca (Doug Bryce)

On Sun, 07 May 2006 22:56:35 +1200, black.hole.4.spam{at}gmail.com (Don Hills) wrote:

>In article , "Mark"
 wrote:
>>Thanks Bob, that's exactly right. I was wondering about all the caterwauling
>>and equating horsepower with top end speed -- HP affects how fast you can
>>get to speed but really has little/almost nothing to do with the actual top
>>end.
>
>Actually, hp/ton affects how fast you get up to speed.
>Hp/drag sets the top speed.
>Which is why the aforementioned Dodge RAM SRT-10 gets 0-60 faster than the
>Chrysler Crossfire, but needs over twice as much power to reach the same top
>speed.


O.K. Now I'm puzzled. .   If hp/ton determines how fast you get to
speed, where does torque come into play?  A lot, if not all, of the reviews
I read/see on TV mention both (absolute) HP *and* torque figures.

Doug

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