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Horsepower vs Torque (In 60 Seconds)

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Horsepower versus torque doesn’t have to be complicated! Torque is simply force applied at a distance. For example, when you use a wrench, you apply a force, pressing with your hand, at a distance, the length of the wrench, and that applies a torque to whatever you’re tightening. The harder you push, or the longer the wrench, the more torque you have, since torque is force x distance. Now power is just that torque, multiplied by angular velocity, in other words how quickly that torque rotates! So what does this mean in the context of cars? In a car engine, a piston pushes down, supplying a ...