When racing....

[imported_goku]

So if your at a stop light and want to quickly accelerate, most people put the pedal to the metal and then deploy. But my question is, wouldn't one get better acceleration if you were to rev to your peak torque instead of your peak horse power?

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: goku
So if your at a stop light and want to quickly accelerate, most people put the petal to the metal and then deploy. But my question is, wouldn't one get better acceleration if you were to rev to your peak torque instead of your peak horse power?

Tires 😉

 

[MichaelD]

In the vacuum of space, if you were to set your watch back in time, wouldn't the absence of pressure, coupled with the sub-zero temperatures equate to reversing the aging process?

 

[Apex]

Nope.

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: goku
So if your at a stop light and want to quickly accelerate, most people put the petal to the metal and then deploy. But my question is, wouldn't one get better acceleration if you were to rev to your peak torque instead of your peak horse power?

Tires 😉

? Still, need teh answer...

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: goku

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: goku
So if your at a stop light and want to quickly accelerate, most people put the petal to the metal and then deploy. But my question is, wouldn't one get better acceleration if you were to rev to your peak torque instead of your peak horse power?

Tires 😉

? Still, need teh answer...

You need to factor in a lot of variables goku; if not, you're only going to get responses of people who are talking out of his/her as* IMO 🙂

 

[imported_goku]

ok, this is a car, not a diesel truck with lots of low end torque. It's a rear wheel or a 4WD car and you want to take off at the light at the fastest possible speed. Ignoring the fact that your wheels may slip because you've got too much speed/torque, wouldn't it be best to rev your engine to peak torque then of course gas it from there instead of revving it up to peak horse power?

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: goku
ok, this is a car, not a diesel truck with lots of low end torque. It's a rear wheel or a 4WD car and you want to take off at the light at the fastest possible speed. Ignoring the fact that your wheels may slip because you've got too much speed/torque, wouldn't it be best to rev your engine to peak torque then of course gas it from there instead of revving it up to peak horse power?

Still too many variables goku.

 

[Zenmervolt]

The engine makes peak power at WOT. Yes, the power varries over an RPM range, but it assumes WOT throughout the RPM range. So generally the car is revved to near peak torque and as the light changes the gas is floored and the clutch is slightly feathered to keep the engine in the right rev-area until the tires hook up.

ZV

 

[randal]

peak torque will make you spin yer tires. you're actually looking for the max torque vs tire grip sweet spot.

 

[sharkeeper]

You dropped a flower on the floor?

 

[imported_goku]

non turbo charged, NA tuned, non carbureted...

 

[EmperorIQ]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
In the vacuum of space, if you were to set your watch back in time, wouldn't the absence of pressure, coupled with the sub-zero temperatures equate to reversing the aging process?

only when the moon is crescent, when the moon is round, that might not work.