We’ve got two identical cars, one makes 1000 hp and 500 lb-ft, the other 500 hp and 1000 lb-ft. The question is: who wins in a quarter mile? Horsepower or torque? That’s what we’re figuring out today, ...

Torque is simply force applied at a leverage. If we imagine a wrench and a hand pushing on that wrench, force is the force, so the strength with which we push onto that wrench with our hand. The ...