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xoxoxoBruce · 07-19-2019, 08:35 PM

Yes, I assumed conventional gears, my bad for not considering your magical frictionless fairy gears. My only excuse is I'm stuck in the real world.

You have it backwards as usual, horsepower is the product of torque times speed over constant. The 30 cylinder engine was designed to produce the torque they needed at the speed they wanted. Yes the hp rating could be increased by increasing the RPMs, but that would be stupid. All that would be accomplished is more wear on the engine and the need to gear it back down to a usable speed. They already had the torque they needed and Torque Does the Work.

Your 2 liter 4 won't get far in a tank or a semi.

07-19-2019, 08:35 PM	#689
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yes, I assumed conventional gears, my bad for not considering your magical frictionless fairy gears. My only excuse is I'm stuck in the real world. You have it backwards as usual, horsepower is the product of torque times speed over constant. The 30 cylinder engine was designed to produce the torque they needed at the speed they wanted. Yes the hp rating could be increased by increasing the RPMs, but that would be stupid. All that would be accomplished is more wear on the engine and the need to gear it back down to a usable speed. They already had the torque they needed and Torque Does the Work. Your 2 liter 4 won't get far in a tank or a semi. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.