We'll spare you a full-on physics lesson, but some science concepts can't be avoided in this discussion. Torque travels from the engine into the transmission, then through the driveshafts and into the ...

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We’ve got two identical cars, one makes 1000 hp and 500 lb-ft, the other 500 hp and 1000 lb-ft. The question is: who wins in a quarter mile? Horsepower or torque? That’s what we’re figuring out today, ...

There is an old adage saying that 'horsepower sells cars, torque wins races.' No, it wasn't said by a truck driver but by Carroll Shelby himself. As true as that saying is, torque doesn't do much ...