It's how I roll...

 

and don't blame this thread if you blow your motor

 

Torque does plenty of work when RPM is applied to the equation. More can be undestood/predicted when one looks at torque across a given RPM range. Have you forgotten our discussion regarding Bobby's dyno pulls with and without the nitrous?

 

Torque does all the work.
That is what work is - torque over time.

 

No, I'll just blame you!!! Haha

 

Can't wait to see your high boost dynos chickenwafer! Zoom zoom indeed.

 

And torque over time is ..... horsepower.


Listen - this is the age old argument and I don't want to derail the thread - my point was you don't need the torque graph to compare dynos... the HP graph will show you the acceleration of the cars.

 

put the 4at with greddy turbo up - looks pretty good for a dyno that only went to 5500 rpm .Explains why it only made 203 ........

 

Precisely. And horsepower is the rating of the work torque does over time.

 

Sure it will and so will the torque. I just prefer to look at torque rather than h.p. Apparently so does, Jeff.

 

That is cause you guys are sitting out there in the AZ heat boiling your brains.....

 

Whatever.

 

So what you're saying is... without torque, there is no horsepower?


So torque does all the work.

 

Torque is the static measurement of how much work an engine does, while power is a measure of how fast the work is being done. Since horsepower is calculated from torque, what we are all seeking is the greatest-possible torque value over the broadest-possible rpm range. Horsepower will follow suit, and it will fall in the engine speed range dictated by the many factors that affect the torque curve.

 

When I tune on the dyno, I don't even look at horsepower until I'm done.

 

In that case you can forget about getting a guest appearance on the next fast an furious movie ....

 

Damnit!

 

I plan to be in F&F #7 "Still Kinda Fast & Marginally Upset".

 

I know! It's amazing we can push out all these awesome products with so little brain power!

 

I don't think Kane meant any offense with his comment BHR guys, I think he was joking. Sometimes its hard to tell with text, but *shrug*. Also, as much as I totally agree with the "area under the curve" crowd, the title of the thread is Highest horsepower dynos. Most people in the import scene don't understand the importance of torque curve, but they do know one number is bigger than another. Misleading or not, horsepower is what a lot of people look at so its not a bad thing to have a thread cataloging it. It wouldn't be a bad thing if we used the same dynos posted here and organized them to show the area under the curve as well.

 

I would think all the BHR guys know me well enough to know when I'm kidding.... by now.

They give as good as they get... but you're right it is hard to read into that kind of thing online.

 

I have a GREAT idea.
(Well, I think its great).
Can someone with the requisite understanding of mathematics (calculus, I presume) undertake the task of computing the area under the torque curve of a similar set of dyno plots?

 

Would about a derivative?

Actually - if Brettus wants to email me the excel file I can work something like that out.

 

You talking about the complete torque curve ? I would think that number would be misleading as it takes into account areas in the rev range that don't do anything in a full on, pedal to the metal drag race, or at the track for that matter .
I think a number aplied to the , say ,4000-8000 range would be more of a guage on performance . Not to mention the fact that many of the dynos don't have plots outside that range anyway .

 

I had that same thought this morning actually. Sadly that is not my forte so I will have to let someone else tackle that.