what is better Horse Power or Torque?

Answer 1

Torque if you want to pull something or .. torque at low rpm if you want to pull strong off the line with little throttle.. Horsepower if you want to do the quarter mile or go high speed.

Answer 2

Horsepower and torque are indelibly interrelated. Torque is a force, the twisting force, that turns the engine, transmission/transaxle, drive shaft(s) and wheels. Horsepower is the ability to take a force and turn it into work, that is; make the vehicle move. Mathematically, horsepower is torque divided by time. The relationship between horsepower and torque is determined when an engine is engineered. A high torque engine is not necessarily a high horsepower engine and vice-versa.

Answer 3

here is a simple answer to your complicated question. torque is a measurable and quantifiable number. horsepower is simply a function of torque, in fact, the equation is as follows, hp = torque(in lb/ft) times rpm divided by 5252. now for real life application of the two, torque is what moves a vehicle from a stop, and helps to accelerate at lower rpm. the higher the torque, the more low end power(for example a pickup truck has torque low in the rpm range to help moving heavy loads and towing trailers) horsepower is what helps you to accelerate at high rpm(great for a race car) so with your mustang/350z comparison, the mustang(with it's lower rpm band) will make more torque and have more "streetable" power(meaning that it will give you more kick in your pants around town, in real driving conditions). the 350z on the other hand, needs to have it's engine spinning faster to make up for the lack of torque in the low rpm, meaning that in order to hit it's power output peak, you need to be high in the rpm range, and for most vehicles in a normal driving scenario, that simply isn't as practical. So overall, torque and horsepower are simply measuring power in 2 different ways.

Answer 4

Horse Power is just a value of a formula of torque and RPM.
load times feet per minute, divided by 33,000.

Answer 5

depends on what you want to do.

horsepower = speed
torque = power/dig rate

if you are trying to pull, get out of a ditch, or want a hard digging car in the corners....torque.

if you want just flat up speed, straight, long....horsepower.

think of a top fuel dragster....when you see it taking off....the car leans to one side, the rear squats down and it just launches....that is pure torque....but then horsepower kicks in and that is what rockets it down the track.

Answer 6

horse power!

Answer 7

Depends all on what you want to with it

Answer 8

You can't have one without the other.

Answer 9

FORD

Answer 10

BOTH!