Ask a selection of people this question and one of the first things that will spring to mind is engine size. After all, big engines tend to produce more power than small ones. The second article on Power and Torque lists some data for standard road...
The first two articles have covered the main items that need to be considered when trying to evaluate the power potential of an engine. All that needs to be done now is to look at the equations that turn valve area into potential bhp. We...
We've seen in the previous article how torque and power are defined and calculated - now let's look more closely at how they relate to engine design. The concept of an engine's torque output seems to be confusing to many people judging by newsgroup threads...