True @torque, but still way to massive and heavy. No?
On an airport strip, its topspeed would blow you away tbh. It will accelerate slowly, but as the horsepower curve goes up with rpm, it will gradually go faster and keeps on going faster
Torque is 'pulling power', basically the strenght to overcome resistance. So big heavy things need a load of torque so the resistance is lowered
A classic tank engine has a massive amount of torque, so it can move all those tons of weight trough highly resistant terrair while keeping momentum up. It will however not keep accelerating on a soft strip like a pure horsepower engine.
In a dragrace between sports cars. Torque is what gets you of the line quicker as the resistance is huge, and will propel you into the horsepower curve. While your maximum horsepower will determine its top speed
NA engines are high in horsepower, but relatively lower in torque, but can compensate by adding cilinders.
Turbocharged engines boost your horsepower, but significantly boost your torque.
1980's formule 1 cars were using turbo's we see today in trucks. 5.5 bar pressure at the inlet manifold, 1500HP and insane torque numbers.
My company car has a 1.4 bar turbo
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I laughed a little bit reading Stan Collymore's column (I know, he's a moron) where he questioned us spending so much money on Higuain. Firstly because it seems hilarious to read that kind of comment from a PL watcher. And secondly because he said that Higuain would have been nothing more than a decent striker in the 90s PL. Which just so happens to be when Collymore played and never got a sniff in the England side. Higuain would have pissed all over the 90s PL, each and every day. I know because I watched it closely.
90ties EPL had like what, 3 good forwards ?