I’m thinking of a sports car vs. tow truck. An engine built for speed, and an engine built for power (torque). How do the engines react differently under extreme conditions? I.e being pushed to the max. What’s built different? Etc.
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in a nutshell, speed high rpms, power low. specific power “torque” bands are dictated by camshaft design/computer management.
By speed do you mean top speed or acceleration?
By power do you mean high torque or high hp/kw?
Imagine small carousel at the playground:
If it’s empty and you (the human engine) push it near the center you’ll generate high speed at the edge with not so much effort.
On the other hand if it’s full of people and you’ll try to push near center it will be really hard to do. But! If you push it far from center it’s so much easier. In this case speed is also lower.
You can do similar thing with taking the engine and applying various transmissions to it.
The final answer is: it’s not the engine, transmission makes the biggest difference.
I’m thinking of a sports car vs. tow truck. An engine built for speed, and an engine built for power (torque). How do the engines react differently under extreme conditions? I.e being pushed to the max. What’s built different? Etc.
In: 3108
in a nutshell, speed high rpms, power low. specific power “torque” bands are dictated by camshaft design/computer management.
By speed do you mean top speed or acceleration?
By power do you mean high torque or high hp/kw?
Imagine small carousel at the playground:
If it’s empty and you (the human engine) push it near the center you’ll generate high speed at the edge with not so much effort.
On the other hand if it’s full of people and you’ll try to push near center it will be really hard to do. But! If you push it far from center it’s so much easier. In this case speed is also lower.
You can do similar thing with taking the engine and applying various transmissions to it.
The final answer is: it’s not the engine, transmission makes the biggest difference.
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