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Old 12-19-2008, 09:15 PM   #94 (permalink)
cfg83
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Hello -

Here is the max(?) torque rating for my engine :



What are the units of this? Are they also Newton-meters (Nm)?

EDIT: Answering my own question :

HowStuffWorks "How do you convert engine torque to horsepower?"
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Have you ever looked at the specs of an engine in a magazine and seen something like "this engine makes 300 pound-feet of torque at 4,000 RPM," and wondered how much power that was? How much horsepower are we talking about here? You can calculate how many foot-pounds of horsepower this engine produces using a common equation: ...
From this, I can go here to convert to Nm :

Torque Conversion
122 lb-ft => 165.41004 Nm

This makes me happy because this agrees with my BSFC chart.


Thanks,

CarloSW2
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