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im not a turbo guy, but i am a math guy and i know that the formula for horsepower is as follows :
horse power = (torque x rpm) / 5252
so, given this equation its easy to see a couple of things. first of all when charting tq and h.p. on the same graph they are ALWAYS equal at 5252 rpm. the constant and the r.p.m. variable cancel each other out leaving horsepower = torque. now, having basic knowledge of the torque curve we know that we start losing torque at around 4000rpm but continue to make horsepower. whats happening to your turbos at 4000 rpm? they are makin more boost, and they will continue to make boost im assuming. so youre still losing torque at the same rate but making more boost. whats gonna happen? horseppower increase. im assuming the guys who make more torque than horsepower have boost controllers or something of that nature. also the higher you rev, the more h.p. youll make, look at the equation. like i said, im not a turbo guy, buthis seems pretty straight forward to me.
when my car is makin 888rwhp its making 950rwtq
Possibly you are over looking 1 big factor. Restriction. Look at any KB / Whipple car running a stock exhaust, it will make lots of tq when pushed hard and usually more tq then hp. Perhaps this is because a stock restrictive exhaust requires more work to push out the spent exhaust gases.
Mine made more tq then hp on the dyno with a previous set up. 718rwhp, 746rwtq sae. I think that's because of the .81AR I was running and the 3" down pipe. Again, an exhaust restriction.
Alot of these turbo builds are far more involved then a simple bolt on blower. Because they are more involved they are probably more optimized, bigger exhaust, cams, heads......less restriction. And everyone always wants to make big power, to do that means a bigger AR housing, and less torque.
Torque measures how much work is being done and horsepower measures how fast that work is being done.
I think all of us would take a 600rwhp, 500rwtq Cobra in the 1/4 mile over a stock Dodge Diesel making 350rwhp, 650rwtq truck.
Speak for yourself......Mine had a shit load of torque
With the stock turbo i beleive I was putting down 591rwhp/669rwtq on a mustang dyno with just a 4" downpipe @15 PSI
Ditto, 656rwtq at 13lbs with 616rwhp with a .96 hotside, although I do have some other factors.
haha, no kidding huh! just felt like rekindling with the basics lol...oh jesus, I feel like I am in thermodynamics all over again. lol
mine made 822 ft lbs on a t-76, stock heads, cams, and 01 intake mani. that was at 21 psi.