Pound-foot.
Although the SI reckon it should be measured in Newton-metres.
Pound-foot.
Although the SI reckon it should be measured in Newton-metres.
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Reginald *IB4R* says:
it was a beautiful 35 seconds.
David says:
that's what she said
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"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting, but it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously." Douglas Adams
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.
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.
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Reginald *IB4R* says:
it was a beautiful 35 seconds.
David says:
that's what she said
lol, i'm getting pretty good at converting HP to KW and pounds to KG on the fly..but torque is harder lol
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"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting, but it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously." Douglas Adams
"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting, but it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously." Douglas Adams
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:
Is this a special continental European touchiness about the subject, I dont mean to offend, but do Nazi references just hit closer to home?Originally Posted by henk4
For the record i cannot convert nm to lbft
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"Kimi, can you improve on your [race] finish?"
"No. My Finnish is fine; I am from Finland. Do you have any water?"
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.
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