From dictionary.com Torque: noun The moment of a force; the measure of a force's tendency to produce torsion and rotation about an axis, equal to the vector product of the radius vector from the axis of rotation to the point of application of the force and the force vector. A turning or twisting force. In simplest terms, it is the twisting force of the crankshaft. Torque is what gets the car moving. Horsepower keeps it there. Torque can be mulitplied using different gear ratios. That's why a set of 4:10s will make a car accellerate faster that a set of 3:27s. Clear as mud now?
basically when you are in a car and it accelerates and you are pushed back in your seat....you are feeling torque
Torque is your friend.... Torque gets you low ETs and faster. Horsepower is just a derivative of torque and RPMs. Theorethically, Horsepower will always euqal torque at 5252 rpms 2 cars, same torque, one capable of revving to 9000 rpms and the other to 7000 rpms. out of the hole they both have the potential for equal launches, but he car that can rev higher will mosty likely win because it is able to stay in its power band longer. torque is your friend! how much of it you can use gets you first place...
If you drag race, you'd know what torque is. Something 4- and 6-bangers don't make. If you can spin the tires, you've got torque. Yeah, it was kind of a "sumb" question I guess.
If you have torque you most likely will not be askin to go from a roll when you race. Unless you have tons of torque and hp, wich could be scary even from a roll.
