Torque vs horsepower

What do you perfer and why

I like torque got plent in my 1979 cj 5 to break axles and destroy trannies

wtf kinda of question is this?

Need bigger axles, stronger tranny, and a lighter foot.

na man i got ford t-14 4 speed from f150 got the low gear on 1tons jsut harsh enviro down here but qustion

would you rather just focus on torque or horsepower

i see one useless with out the other unless your building something along the lines of like a pull truck

Horsepower is torque over time. You cannot have one without the other. By making more torque (presumably at lower rpm since most misinformed people seem to think low rpm power is torque) you are actually increasing horsepower at lower rpm. It is a fixed calculation. Just say you want to focus on low rpm power instead of high rpm.


You can achieve the same effect by manipulating gear ratios and running at a higher rpm. After a certain point on any given platform with the limitations imposed by cylinder pressure you get diminishing returns on torque increase. The only way to make more total power is to turn more rpm. That is why you see 7,000rpm big blocks in some of the crazy buggies.

This post was edited by FMX_89 on Aug 14 2013 07:41pm

i got one getting build a florida style buggy

mabey put a flathead 4cyc in it gots a profab 5 tons
i got the gears
but naaa mabey stroker motor

i prefer pie