I’m confused about the meaning of this word. Is it how much a horse can pull translated into how much the engine can pull? Also, what is the actual “metric”? Why do we still use this? It seems archaic.
Also, what type of horse was originally used to get the measurement?
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Here’s an answer. Torque is kinda like how strong an engine is a certain instant. Like if you pedal your bike really fast the max torque is like the hardest you pedaled out of all your pedals. But horsepower is more like adding up all your pedals over time and dividing them to get a number we can compare across vehicles or machines. Horsepower very specifically is a measurement that involves TIME and POWER.
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