Re: Fizzicks Question (no Audi content)

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Douglas Frank USG say:

> Say, in all the years of reading enthusiast magazines, etc. I've never
> run across answers to these questions:
> 
> -what the heck is a horsepower, anyway?

Warning: geek alert.

One horsepower is the ability to lift 770 lb-ft/second.

> -and what is the relationship between power and torque?

There is one, but I'm not that much of a geek :-)


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