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Old 05-18-2003, 05:48 PM
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Johnny:
300 FT-LBS at 4000 RPM is for far more valuable than 300 FT-LBS at 2000 RPM!

Picture a wheel over a well with a 10 pound bucket of water hanging on a 2 foot wide wheel. It takes 10 FT-LBS of torque to raise the bucket up from the well. Who is stronger, the guy who can turn the wheel 100 RPM or the guy who can turn the wheel 200RPM? They both exert the same torque. The power of the guy at 200 RPM is greater. Did you ever wonder why Formula 1 cars turn their engines so fast?

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