Santa Pod Stunt Driver Terry Grant burning rubber in two cars at the same time!

When talking about the torque of a car, it is the force which is related with the engine of the car. The engine applies a certain force on the shaft and also on the transmission. This is called as torque in simple words. When we multiply torque with the rotational speed, we’ll be getting what is called as power. You would have already come across the word horsepower, hp. It is nothing but 550 foot pounds of torque per second.

Well, your car and your friends car may sometimes be producing the same power. But the torque of the two cars may not be same. Do you know why? The reason is simple. It all depends on two factors and they are :- the distance moved, and the number of pounds moved. For the same reason, if we move 550 pounds 1 feet, and if we move 1 pound 550 foot, we would be getting the same horsepower which would be equal to exactly one horsepower. So, this is the reason why two cars with different torque produce same power.

Another reason for the above fact is that, the high torque engine would be would be rotating at a much slower rate than the low torque engine. So, both of the cars, even they are with different torques, they would be producing same power.

So, if you ask me, which is more important – torque or horsepower? I would say that torque is more important and we should be having good knowledge about what it does and how it helps the driver at various situations.

So, what is drag racing? These days it is much popular for the reason that, now even in the streets is being found all over the world. It is a car race tournament, in which just two cars will be participating, in a straigt line covering the same distance in order to win the race. Drag racing depends a lot on lauch, and we’ll trying to explain why it is that important.

Before we go on any further, it is to be noted that you’ have to spend some money for changing the tires, repairing the car and also for modifying it. If you are ready for it, then you’ll be learning to be consistent in driving your car. Well, the way we lauch a manual transmission car and an automatic transmission car is different. The same goes with an all-wheel-drive car, a front-wheel-drive car, and with a  rear-wheel-drive car.

If you are with a manual transmission car, then it’s all about applying the throttle at the right levels. Our main aim should be to prevent the excessive spinning of wheels. Different cars are with different rpm levels. So, if you are planning to learn how to launch your are in the quickest time, then you should try holding the throttle at different rpm levels. This way you’ll be knowing the power needed to launch your car the better way. After some experiments with your car, the car would be surely needing some repairs. But, these experiments will surely making you an hard core driver.