[Vwdiesel] something worth trading the A4 in for

[lbaird119 at aol.com]

-----Original Message-----
From: David Schwarze <dschwarze at dfwair.net>
To: Vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Sent: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 8:16 pm
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] something worth trading the A4 in for



What you say below is simply not true.  Horsepower DOES move things. 
More HP will get you down the road more quickly, regardless of torque.
    
BUT, as you'll notice if you look at hp figures back in the "muscle car"
days they kept getting higher and higher rated hp figures by rating the 
engine at higher rpm.
  Take a flat torque "curve" and simply go to a higher rpm and the 
hp will be more.  The engine really doesn't put out more power.  It 
has more inertia.  It IS called BRAKE hp.  
  It's mostly in the perspective you look at it or compare it.  :-)
     Loren