in cars what is in simple terms torque?

Answer 1

the ability to make the car move! a car could be dead powerful, but the wheels just spin... the power needs to be useful.

that's not a good definition, but that's what they mean when they talk about it.

Answer 2

Torque is the twisting force available. a torque of 100 foot pounds means that there is the ability to lift a weight of 100 pounds at the end of a 1 foot long lever. Nowadays they use "scientific" units which bear no relation to everyday things, the common unit is Nm (Newton metres). A newton is about one tenth of a kilo, so a torque of say 50 Nm is capable of lifting 5 kg on the end of a metre long lever. If you multiply the torque by the gear ratio being used, and divide by the wheel radius you get the force available for acceleration.

Answer 3

I feel you are confused with torque and Newton meter(Nm). Torque is the amount of pressure caused by tightening a nut or a bolt which is measured in Newton meter. It is very confusing:40.85Nm of torque at 3000 rpm. Do you mean a rotating body shouldd have a nut or bolt tightening torque of 40---- 85 Nm?

Answer 4

How much power it takes to move the tires, you can also measure it by taking a torque wrench on the flywheel, remove all your plugs, and put the car in first gear, then pull on the torque wrench until the car moves and read how much foot pounds it took to move the care... cool, that is a simple way to measure it....

Answer 5

the definition of torque is
force applied multiplied by distance from the axis of rotation

In cars the torque produced by the engine is the rotational force which is transmitted to the wheels.

The amount of torque produced affects how much weight the car can pull and how steep a road the car can climb.

Tractors produce alot of torque because they need to be able to pull heavy trailers.

Answer 6

Torque is the "turning force" measured at the crankshaft or wheels. Items put into motion tend to stay in motion and resistance is added to turning is measured as torque. At the same time the dynometer can measure brake horse power.

Answer 7

It's best described as the amount of sheer 'grunt' an engine has. Good torque is like having your car pushed by a whole rugby team, whereas good bhp would be like having it pushed by olympic sprinters. The sprinters might get you faster eventually, but the rugby team'll give you an instant, huge shove.

Answer 8

It's the tractive effort, or 'pulling power' of an engine.

(The torque is often actually visible in large engines, especially big V-motors, as the engine twists on its mounting points when revved up.)

Answer 9

Its the amount of pressure put on a bolt or nut to conform pressure on a component to hold it down without getting it to tight, Hope this helps, Also it is the pressure the cars has when it is driven When taking off at a dead start .

Answer 10

if it can pull something easily, like a caravan.
hoursepower is how fast and powerful the engine is, torque is what brute strength it has, think of it like the difference between...like a wrestler or a sprinter