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Originally Posted by Duke2.6
No, as I explained previously, it's horsepower that accelerates the car. The shape of the power curve is important as is gearing. The area under the power curve in the rev range determined by gear spacing and shift points is the total energy input to the vehicle. The higher it is, the faster the car will achieve speed and distance.
An engine that produces peak torque and power high in the rev range needs shorter overall gearing and closer spaced ratios to have the same average power input through the gears compared to a high torque low revving engine of the same peak power such as the examples I listed previously.
Duke
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...by that answer your research does not include Wankel, turbine or any propeller driven airplane? I ask to be sure we are all on the same page IE: ONLY piston/direct (no electric) drive, as there are VERY few constants accross the board. But, as always, F=MA, E=IR, PV=nRT etc. the rest are only 'favorite flavors'
BTW here's a little aside to muddy up the mix. In Gemrnay, and most EU, car engine max output is listed in kW (you mean they went back to the original derivation) - power defined in watts?