Torque and horsepower
02-16-2009, 07:00 PM
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Yall call it whatever you want. I've had college level physics and calculus, so I define things the way I was taught to. You say you "feel" something when full boost hits. What do you think you feel? What's happening when you feel this? Is your velocity changing at a very fast rate? Change in velocity with respect to time? Is that acceleration? What?
My first post tried to explain this a bit and it went over the OP's and other's respective heads.
My first post tried to explain this a bit and it went over the OP's and other's respective heads.
Velocity is a function of speed and time. The function of velocity and time is acceleration.
What they are feeling is the change in the moment of inertia.
What they are feeling is the change in the moment of inertia.
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02-16-2009, 07:07 PM
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Read it and know it. You'll eventually learn.
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02-16-2009, 07:13 PM
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Yall call it whatever you want. I've had college level physics and calculus, so I define things the way I was taught to. You say you "feel" something when full boost hits. What do you think you feel? What's happening when you feel this? Is your velocity changing at a very fast rate? Change in velocity with respect to time? Is that acceleration? What?
My first post tried to explain this a bit and it went over the OP's and other's respective heads.
My first post tried to explain this a bit and it went over the OP's and other's respective heads.
People undergo something called "accomodation", whereby we get used to an experience and it no longer captures the brain's attention (getting into a hot bath may initially take your breath away, but you get used to it quickly). This characteristic is why cocaine addicts eventually OD.
As to what happens when boost hits, of course we undergo acceleration. However, look at the torque curve of a typical turbocharged car, which is bell-shaped. As boost ramps up, we experience acceleration, but because the torque curve is increasing, we also experience a change in the rate of acceleration (Jerk). A car with a very flat torque curve may throw your head against the headrest upon throttle application (whee!) but once the curve plateaus, so do the thrills. This outlines the main reason I went the route I did with my build and discounted a V8 conversion.
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02-16-2009, 07:34 PM
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Actually, your explanation of what torque is was spot-on - absolutely no quibbles there. I was merely observing that a changing rate of acceleration ('Jerk', or v/s/s/s) is more entertaining than a constant rate of acceleration (v/s/s). Rollercoasters (which most of us will agree are great fun) constantly accelerate, but in different directions and at different rates.
People undergo something called "accomodation", whereby we get used to an experience and it no longer captures the brain's attention (getting into a hot bath may initially take your breath away, but you get used to it quickly). This characteristic is why cocaine addicts eventually OD.
As to what happens when boost hits, of course we undergo acceleration. However, look at the torque curve of a typical turbocharged car, which is bell-shaped. As boost ramps up, we experience acceleration, but because the torque curve is increasing, we also experience a change in the rate of acceleration (Jerk). A car with a very flat torque curve may throw your head against the headrest upon throttle application (whee!) but once the curve plateaus, so do the thrills. This outlines the main reason I went the route I did with my build and discounted a V8 conversion.
People undergo something called "accomodation", whereby we get used to an experience and it no longer captures the brain's attention (getting into a hot bath may initially take your breath away, but you get used to it quickly). This characteristic is why cocaine addicts eventually OD.
As to what happens when boost hits, of course we undergo acceleration. However, look at the torque curve of a typical turbocharged car, which is bell-shaped. As boost ramps up, we experience acceleration, but because the torque curve is increasing, we also experience a change in the rate of acceleration (Jerk). A car with a very flat torque curve may throw your head against the headrest upon throttle application (whee!) but once the curve plateaus, so do the thrills. This outlines the main reason I went the route I did with my build and discounted a V8 conversion.
Where the torque curve is flat your moment of inertia is 0.
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02-16-2009, 07:54 PM
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Pat, everyone is accelerating at all times since we're in orbit around the sun (among other reasons). We don't "feel" that acceleration since we're used to it. Constant acceleration would be just slightly more than enough horsepower to overcome the drag at a certain speed, and it would be terribly boring. The fun in a fast car comes from the rapid increase in the rate of acceleration.
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02-16-2009, 08:25 PM
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You didn't read what I typed. Let me clarify though. If torque at the engine is holding flat while RPMs are increasing, then power is increasing, as is torque to the wheels. Therefore the acceleration is increasing.
Sav- acceleration due to gravity? Pretty sure we feel that all the time.
Sav- acceleration due to gravity? Pretty sure we feel that all the time.
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02-16-2009, 08:27 PM
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Pat, everyone is accelerating at all times since we're in orbit around the sun (among other reasons). We don't "feel" that acceleration since we're used to it. Constant acceleration would be just slightly more than enough horsepower to overcome the drag at a certain speed, and it would be terribly boring. The fun in a fast car comes from the rapid increase in the rate of acceleration.
I dare say boring.
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02-16-2009, 09:33 PM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerk_(physics)
Third derivative of position
Interestingly, I first heard the term during an interview with a Mazda engineer who helped develop the powertrain for the NA. He said that they aimed for a rising torque curve since the resulting "jerk" force increased the fun-to-drive factor.
Found the reference with a quick Google search:
http://books.google.com/books?id=gLA...um=1&ct=result
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02-16-2009, 09:38 PM
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So far yank (symbol Y) has been suggested for rate of change of force, tug (symbol T) for rate of change of yank, ****** (symbol S) for rate of change of tug and shake (symbol Sh) for rate of change of ******. Needless to say, none of these are in any kind of standards, yet. We just made them up on usenet.
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02-16-2009, 10:58 PM
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horsepower is how fast you're going when you hit the wall, torque is how far you take it with you.
in all seriousness, torque is a weird thing. look at diesels, 1000 ft/lb, 500hp, revs to 4k max. lol. from what i understand, typically the longer the stroke, the more torque you usually have, i may be wrong though.
in all seriousness, torque is a weird thing. look at diesels, 1000 ft/lb, 500hp, revs to 4k max. lol. from what i understand, typically the longer the stroke, the more torque you usually have, i may be wrong though.
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02-17-2009, 09:33 AM
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Basically when old timers are throwing out the slang, torque motor and HP motor. They are basically refering to the above instance. Like if the motor just blast out but runs out of snuff quick. It is considered torque'y. And if you have to have the rpms up to get the power you want they call that a hp motor.
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