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In article <6aee72f3.0108260923.27185550@posting.google.com>,
fourth_quartz@yahoo.com says...
> OK folks, I need an EASY explaination of torque.  PLEASE PLEASE
> PLEASE...if you're a mechanical genious, OK, but I likely won't
> understand a single bit of your explanation.
>
> I need an explanation as if you're telling it to a 3rd grader...and as
> it relates to horsepower, etc.
>
> I met a Yamaha cruiser dude who told me "yeah, I have more torgue for
> less horsepower" (I THINK he said that...went immediately over my
> head).  Does this make sense?
>
> I need to begin understanding basic mechanics.  I'm learning about
> everything else BUT mechanics, so I need a start.

Compare it to driving a nail into a board with a hammer.

Torque is how hard you hit the nail.

HorsePower is the combination of how hard you it it, and how fast you
hit it.  It's how many nails you can drive in in a minute.

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Cam
'89 RZ 350