Re: A quick, easy definition of torque?

[Jorel <jorel140@yahoo.com>]

--- T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Jorel wrote:
> > 
> > I was talking about torque to my wife the other
> day...
> 
> <snip>
> > So I was wondering if
> > anyone out there can give me a quick definition? I
> > also told her that v8 engines produce more torque
> than
> > 4 cylinder engines, and she asked me why. Now that
> I
> > think about it, I don't really know why either;
> but I
> > would assume it has somthing to do with the size
> of a
> > crankshaft. Funny how I have been throwing around
> all
> > these terms and not really knowing just what the
> hell
> > I am talking about!
> > 
> > TIA
> > 
> > Jorel Jackson
> 

> Torque is the power to twist. HP is also a measure
> of power but it
> _could_ just as easily be in a straight line.
> 
This was good, quick and easy. This she understood
right away. She wasn't interested in dry mathematical
formulas.
Jorel Jackson

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