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Old 09-28-2008, 03:26 PM
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NO I have actually dyno'd an engine not pretended to on a computer.

Dynos measure torque and horsepower is only a mathematical dirviative of torque to generate little graphs that guys like you can play with.

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Old 09-28-2008, 03:30 PM
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NO I have actually dyno'd an engine not pretended to on a computer.

Dynos measure torque and horsepower is only a mathematical dirviative of torque to generate little graphs that guys like you can play with.
force*distance=torque

Also looks like math to me.

In the end, there is mass, distance, and time. MOTION!

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