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<blockquote data-quote="mrray13" data-source="post: 16582" data-attributes="member: 540942">carrion, man, i&#039;m not trying to be rude, but, you didn&#039;t catch what i was saying. a top fueler is estimated to produce 5500 hp(no dyno big enuff to measure one) and probably around 2000 ftpd&#039;s of torque (just a guess there). you ABSOLUTLY have to have horsepower to win! yes, torque is very important, but it&#039;s only a piece of the puzzle.here ya go....say i have a 502ci motor. i get it dyno&#039;d and say it puts out 650 ft pds of torque at 3500 rpm and 650 hp at 5800 rpm. when i&#039;m at the end of the track where is my tach going to be? hopefully somewhere in the 45-5500 rpm range. that way i&#039;m at or near my peak hp rating and hopefully my top end. as my mom used to say(yeah, she was a rodder!) torque to launch, horsepower to dinner!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gifhope i didn&#039;t make ya mad, just wanted to make sure u got what i was saying!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mrray13, post: 16582, member: 540942"] carrion, man, i'm not trying to be rude, but, you didn't catch what i was saying. a top fueler is estimated to produce 5500 hp(no dyno big enuff to measure one) and probably around 2000 ftpd's of torque (just a guess there). you ABSOLUTLY have to have horsepower to win! yes, torque is very important, but it's only a piece of the puzzle. here ya go.... say i have a 502ci motor. i get it dyno'd and say it puts out 650 ft pds of torque at 3500 rpm and 650 hp at 5800 rpm. when i'm at the end of the track where is my tach going to be? hopefully somewhere in the 45-5500 rpm range. that way i'm at or near my peak hp rating and hopefully my top end. as my mom used to say(yeah, she was a rodder!) torque to launch, horsepower to dinner![IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif[/IMG] hope i didn't make ya mad, just wanted to make sure u got what i was saying! [/QUOTE]

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