fbloogyudsr
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 Posted:
Thu Dec 09, 2004 1:21 am Post subject:
Re: BMW diesels for Cadillac? |
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"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote
| Quote: | Raybender <raybender@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Since a normally aspirated gasoline engine doesn't develop either
torque or horsepower until relatively high rpms
Please. Any motor of any type which works and turns develops both torque
and bhp. At any rpm. If it developed neither, it wouldn't turn. It only
needs to develop just slightly more than its losses through friction, etc,
of course.
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Dave, the total area under the 3.0L gas engine's HP curve is greater
than that under the diesel's 3.0L HP curve. As Ray says, it's HP that
gives acceleration, because you have to measure the *WORK* done
to get to a specific speed. Torque != work. That's all that Ray was
trying to say (and Ramone, also, I believe.)
Floyd |
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