Ahhh, and now it's comes down to torque vs horsepower...pretty soon we'll
go over aerodynamic drag vs downforce, what's this thread about again ?
Hehe. I like how force(torque), acceleration and work(hp) get all mixed up
in a big bowl of 'power'.
I'd just like to clear up some details. It's hard to get good results when you
start out wrong
Skiingman, it is wrong to say :
"
torque/weight is directly analogous to force/mass which equals acceleration."
Let me start over at the first chapter of physics 101. From reading your
posts, i supposed you are familiar with F=ma, where F=Force(Newton),
m=mass(kg) and acceleration(ms²). Now, 'weight' is a human concept and
it describes what FORCE you exert on an object. Mass is the actual
molecular mass of all the stuff that make up your body. So, what you're
actually saying there is: Force/Force is analogous to Force/Mass. To get
weight, you use mass*acceleration, where acceleration is earth's gravity,
9.8ms².
It's a common error and the fact that some scales give mass while others
give your weight but that all of them express this the same way just adds
to the confusion. Typically, a household scale is a plate with a spring under
it. By measuring the compression of the spring, the scale can tell you what
FORCE you exert on the earth. Since earth's gravity is relatively constant,
it's easy to 'tune' all scales so you only have to step on it to get the correct
weight. Doctors on the other hand have proper scales that measure mass.
The way they do it is very simple. It uses weights to compare. By moving
weights around until the scale evens out, you get the value of the mass your
body displaces. Again, mass and weight are 2 different things. If you start out
mixing those, the rest can only be wrong.
I read detailed explanations on concept barely known yet no one notices
this obvious problem statement. Tell me when we get back to why GTRs
dont reach higher speeds on the straight.