whats up guys...this is Ryan, the guy with the Grabber Orange mustang GT. We met in the parking lot at Hooters on the Westbank on Sunday.

just saying whats up and we should all get together sometime...whether its to shoot the shit, go cruise or whatever.

 

sounds good.

 

set it up...

 

Maybe you can teach us a thing or two about the mysterious phenomenon known as torque...

I wont have any for at least a few more weeks. Then watch out punks!

 

lol...sorry, torque is a function of horsepower and displacement...and you guys have 2.0's that rev to 9k (rotary motors anyone??)
i hear nitrous makes good torque though

ill email Travis (the guy with the black stang/copper top) and see if whats up. maybe we can meet up at Hooters Sunday ~noon, eat and then cruise out to the Lakefront? i have no idea. im not from here.

 

You may want to brush up on your knowledge of torque.

 

I'm down for a meet but I have a Trackday Sunday and there is also a drift event that day so some might already have plans. Football also, for us gambling types.... Francis....

 

elaborate?
its (at least i thought it was) common knowledge that a small displacement, high revving engine will not make as much torque as a bigger engine that revs at a much lower rpm. when youre peak hp is so high in the rpm range, youre peak torque is also going to be high in the rpm range.
heres a good article that will explain what i was talking about in regards to torque.

http://www.epi-eng.com/piston_engine_techn..._and_torque.htm

 

I wasn't trying to insult your knowledge... it's just the way you made it sound seemed like a very basic (if not completely misinformed) understanding of the subject (which isn't completely unfounded among big engine guys ) But I must say it looks like you do have a knowledge of at least the relationships between the values in question, which is more than I can say for most big engine guys. I commend you for defending your words... I wish there were more guys like you that owned cars with large displacement engines. Most simply command respect despite their very limited knowledge.

I guess the part that threw me off was "torque is a function of horsepower and displacement"... which I hope we all can agree is somewhat subjective and not completely true. While horsepower and torque are linear, one is not necessarily a function of the other, as they are two distinct values (one of power, and the other of force at a moment, i.e. power at work.)

I hated physics.

 

its cool man, its cool.

no, i hate when my fellow domestic guys assume since they have a larger engine, their car must be faster (i still get people that look at me in disbelief when i tell them a 4.6 makes more power than a 5.0)

as for my statement of "torque is a function of horsepower and displacement", that was, like you said...a basic statement. i was just saying that generally, a larger displacement engine will make more torque than a smaller one. of course, that isnt always the case, but generally.

as for commanding respect.....respect = 240hp from 2.0 liters of displacement.

btw, ill be heading up to Hooters at noon Sunday. i heard theres some kind of drift event at zephyr field? i dont know. if anyone comes up to Hooters thats cool. ill more than likely go inside first so i can get some food.