I was talking to some kid. He told his brother's s-10 has 450hp and 850lb of Torque.

I was wondering is this impossible? If so how does it work when there is a huge difference in horsepowe and Torque.

 

I'm not sure how it works but I am pretty sure it is doable.

 

This other person told me, that s-10 is known for a 350 engine swap. That is how many get more horsepwer out of it. I mean i know it can be done, but what will be moving all that torque when horsepower is so lower.

Power= Torque * RPM / 5252

so 450 = 850 * X / 5252

x= 450 * 5252/ 850

x= 2,780 RPM

So at 2,780 RPM that car is producing 450 Hp and 800lb of Torque

That really doesn't make any sense

 

It can happen, you just need a big engine, and have it geared that way.

 

A lot of diesel trucks make crazy power like that. The new dodge duallymakes 270hp at the wheels and about 500ft/lbs of torque, pretty amazing I'd say. As for that guys s-10, I'd ask for a dyno sheet and call bs until then

 

It depends on the gearing. By changing the gearing, you can change the amount of torque you recieve. An example is the sprockets on motorcycles. It is very common for sportbike guys to swap stock sprockets with some aftermarket ones that have a different number of teeth. This will change the gear ratio and give you more torque on the bottom end (or more top speed on the top end depending on which sprocket setup you go with). Also, diesels make an insane amount of torque. Most engines make more HP than torque but there are expceptions such as some very powerful V8s and diesels.

 

IIRC one of the VW Jetta has like 110 HP and 200lb/tq

 

Is it a diesel? Alot of cars in Europe have a diesel model.

 

many of the heavily built diesel engines that i have seen make two times thehorsepower in torque.

 

my car makes more torque than horsepower