mfg Posted November 9, 2019 Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 !n 1963, a popular automotive magazine estimated the peak torque of a Studebaker Avanti R2 supercharged engine to be.......?....... lbs.-ft. 1) 300.......2) 320.....30 335......or.....4) 350 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted November 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 No thoughts on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacey Posted November 10, 2019 Report Share Posted November 10, 2019 I don't think they had much so I guess#2 320 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted November 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2019 12 hours ago, Stacey said: I don't think they had much so I guess#2 320 And 320 lbs./ft. is CORRECT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwight FitzSimons Posted November 21, 2019 Report Share Posted November 21, 2019 The unit of torque is lbs.-ft., not lbs/ft. In other words, torque is force times distance, not force divided by distance. The slash (/), in mathematics means divided by, as in 1/2 = 0.5. A common term for distance is "moment arm." -Dwight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted November 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2019 18 hours ago, Dwight FitzSimons said: The unit of torque is lbs.-ft., not lbs/ft. In other words, torque is force times distance, not force divided by distance. The slash (/), in mathematics means divided by, as in 1/2 = 0.5. A common term for distance is "moment arm." -Dwight OK Gary, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studegary Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 4 hours ago, mfg said: OK Gary, thanks! Why did you drag me into this? I saw the error and did not point it out to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted November 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, studegary said: Why did you drag me into this? I saw the error and did not point it out to you. Dwight's comment sounded so much like something you'd say, I got confused......Sorry! By the way, what "error" are you talking about?? Edited November 22, 2019 by mfg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted November 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 (edited) On 11/20/2019 at 10:39 PM, Dwight FitzSimons said: The unit of torque is lbs.-ft., not lbs/ft. In other words, torque is force times distance, not force divided by distance. The slash (/), in mathematics means divided by, as in 1/2 = 0.5. A common term for distance is "moment arm." -Dwight Dwight, the lbs.-ft. measurement I used came from the June, 1963 issue of Motor Trend Magazine...... Edited November 23, 2019 by mfg smiley! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studegary Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 On 11/10/2019 at 9:32 AM, mfg said: And 320 lbs./ft. is CORRECT! The above quote is where you said "lbs./ft." in error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted November 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, studegary said: The above quote is where you said "lbs./ft." in error. OK I see my mistake now!....The text of the trivia question which I initially posted was correct....however, when I replied to Stacey telling him that his answer (320) was correct, I used a 'slash' instead of a 'dash'! I wonder if Lew would consider hiring a proofreader for me?? Edited November 22, 2019 by mfg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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