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Originally Posted by Wall$treet
Actually ya, torque is the force accelerating the wheels of a car and this is what gives it thrust. There is engine torque and whee/tire torque which is the actual force putting power to the ground. Torque simply means applied force at a vector angle different than the lever/tire in this case.
And nothing in my 2nd pararaph was incorrect. It breaks down to simply 3 inputs into dictating wheel/tire torque which accelerates the car. RPM, engine torque and gear multiplication. They are not all equal inputs but they are the 3 inputs that dictate what makes the car move and how fast. Minus drag, friction, parasitic losses etc for simplicity.
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You always do so well in your first paragraph and then follow it up with something that isn't quite there.
Wheel torque is what moves a car. PERIOD. Engine TQ x gearing = wheel torque. Whether an engine does this at 500 rpm or 5000 rpm, as long as the resultant wheel torque figure is the same, the (point) acceleration will be identical. Small detail with this is, due to gearing, the speed at which this acceleration is happening may be different.