Pound-foot.
Although the SI reckon it should be measured in Newton-metres.
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Pound-foot.
Although the SI reckon it should be measured in Newton-metres.
[QUOTE=fisetdavid26;833205]Pound-foot.
Although the SI reckon it should be measured in Newton-metres.[/QUOTE]
Can you rectify that statement? I am offended.:mad: You have obviously no clue of what you just said. As a moderator you are on this site to prevent such stupidities, not to produce them.
and diesel=torque, wins.
[QUOTE=henk4;833209]Can you rectify that statement? I am offended.:mad: You have obviously no clue of what you just said. As a moderator you are on this site to prevent such stupidities, not to produce them.
and diesel=torque, wins.[/QUOTE]
As for the first part, it was a joke, I thought you were joking for a minute but I guess not.
And as for the second, is diesel's specific torque greater on average than gasoline if one considers naturally aspirated engines only? An interesting question... then again, I don't think people that buy diesels are often motivated by how they perform, rather, how cost effective they are.
[QUOTE=fisetdavid26;833205]Pound-foot.
Although the SI reckon it should be measured in Newton-metres.[/QUOTE]
KW and NM ftw. backwards imperial should have died with the british empire :D
power for most circuit racing. torque for hillclimbs and towing caravans...
[QUOTE=henk4;833209]Can you rectify that statement? I am offended.:mad: You have obviously no clue of what you just said. As a moderator you are on this site to prevent such stupidities, not to produce them.
and diesel=torque, wins.[/QUOTE]
You shouldn't be offended Pieter. I was watching Top Gear and saw Clarkson do the Hitler salute when talking about making a car quintessentially German, and I thought it was funny but indeed out of place, but that's kind of humour I like. So I plugged it in without actually noticing. There are no reasons for it. Sorry if I offended you.
For the record I love the SI units, and try to stick using them even though I grew up measuring my height in inches and my weight in pounds, but somehow using kilometers per hour for speed and centimeters for measuring anything else other than my height. A bit awkward I reckon. In fact, I'm feeling a bit sad the United States and the United Kingdom are still widely using Imperial units, can we just live in a world where every units are the same everywhere? That would make it so easier. For now I learned how to convert the Imperial units to the Metric ones, I guess it'll do...
It's not like I'm expecting the Americans to get out of their bubble anytime soon and live in 2008 though.
God I love to be controversial. Mea culpa.
lol, i'm getting pretty good at converting HP to KW and pounds to KG on the fly..but torque is harder lol
[QUOTE=Kitdy;833211]As for the first part, it was a joke, I thought you were joking for a minute but I guess not.
And as for the second, is diesel's specific torque greater on average than gasoline if one considers naturally aspirated engines only? An interesting question... then again, I don't think people that buy diesels are often motivated by how they perform, rather, how cost effective they are.[/QUOTE]
Probably under our current local circumstances diesel is a bit more expensive to drive here, but I do love the torque that comes with it. And more torque is on the way pretty soon.
[QUOTE=fisetdavid26;833213]You shouldn't be offended Pieter. I was watching Top Gear and saw Clarkson do the Hitler salute when talking about making a car quintessentially German, and I thought it was funny but indeed out of place, but that's kind of humour I like. So I plugged it in without actually noticing. There are no reasons for it. Sorry if I offended you.
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If you had said SI Police nobody would have noted. And Clarkson is not the greatest example of good taste to go by.
But accepted.;)
Even in America, anyone who's ever taken a science class has at least some knowledge of SI. I don't consider myslef an expert but i know 60cubes/L, .6km/mile
3/4kW per hp etc.
SI is infuriurating because it makes so much goddamn sense, but I still cannot think in it.
EDIT:
[QUOTE=henk4]Can you rectify that statement? I am offended. You have obviously no clue of what you just said. As a moderator you are on this site to prevent such stupidities, not to produce them.[/QUOTE]
Is this a special continental European touchiness about the subject, I dont mean to offend, but do Nazi references just hit closer to home?
For the record i cannot convert nm to lbft
[QUOTE=f6fhellcat13;833220]
SI is infuriurating because it makes so much goddamn sense, but I still cannot think in it.[/QUOTE]
Probably you need the SI police to teach you a lesson;)
Unfortunately in Canada we use some Imperial as well, height is in feet and inches, weight in pounds, and car stats in hp and lb.-ft.
[QUOTE=henk4;833221]Probably you need the SI police to teach you a lesson;)[/QUOTE]
Maybe :)
but I agree with David, NM are evil :p
[QUOTE=Kitdy;833226]Unfortunately in Canada we use some Imperial as well, height is in feet and inches, weight in pounds, and car stats in hp and lb.-ft.[/QUOTE]
It's the influence of our big bad neighbour. ;)
[QUOTE=f6fhellcat13;833227]Maybe :)
but I agree with David, NM are evil :p[/QUOTE]
do you realise that NM gives a higher figure than pd/ft? It increases bragging potential....
[QUOTE=fisetdavid26;833228]It's the influence of our big bad neighbour. ;)[/QUOTE]
don't say anything wrong about the USA, some people here don't like that....