CHICAGO–Tell someone that your car has 300 horsepower and most people will think you have a fast car. Boast that your car has 300 foot-pounds of torque, and they’ll think you need to get a life.

A little while ago I had one of those immensely annoying – and unwinnable – arguments in an online forum with a guy I’d never met. You’d think the touchy topic was the wisdom of wearing a face mask (I ...

Optimization of vehicle drivetrain performance has been an important endeavor for decades. So too has the quest for increased automotive engine fuel efficiency. Engine torque monitoring aids in both ...

In September, Sensor Developments Inc. (SDI) released the 01251 series of infrared dynamometer torque sensors. While inquiring about this new series, I quizzed Rick West, electronics design engineer ...

Torque is an important factor in much of the equipment on a factory floor. Measuring torque is often something that's misunderstood, which can lead to over- under-designing of measurement systems.

Fun fact: Dynometers do not measure horsepower, they measure torque. That torque figure, when multiplied by the rpm it is measured at, and then divided by 5,252, is essentially how a dyno derives a ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: This car is spinning up to a whopping 8,200 revolutions per minute. At 8,200 rpm, it screams. It's a Ford Mustang GT350, and though its wheels are ...

You almost certainly know the horsepower rating or displacement of your boat’s engine. But some marine-engine manufacturers have begun marketing torque over horsepower. In a break from standard ...

The new 6.7L V8 LS6 delivers 520 pound-feet of torque, with GM claiming the highest production torque of a naturally aspirated V8 ever - a bold claim, no doubt.