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Old 01-23-2012, 10:56 PM   #65
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Originally Posted by KidWonder View Post

To get horsepower from torque(moment of force) Pounds-force feet (lbf.ft; lb ft.) x 1.356 = Newton meters (Nm) x 0.738 = pounds - force feet ( lbf ft; lb ft.), the formula for horsepower is; 1 horsepower = 746 watts x 0.0013 = Horsepower. I know this seems complicated but it really is'nt.
This paragraph doesn't make any sense either. At the beginning it sounds like you are about to tell me how to get HP from TQ but the rest of it tells me how to convert to different units lol (how to convert HP into Watts and how to convert 'pounds-force feet' into Nm).
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