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Old 01-11-2010, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by stephen low View Post
Makes me ask, with supercharging, how does the increase in power gained match any change in torque?
Slowy, here's a good textbook answer:

http://www.epi-eng.com/piston_engine...and_torque.htm

The point being that power is a calculated value based on torque and RPM figures. Took me a while to get my head around that when I first read it.

On the topic of supercharging, all I know is that the numbers get very big very quickly!

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