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Originally Posted by Zippster
Hang on mate. Typically an internal combustion engine will have two output values HP and Torque. Yes they are different values, However, for most naturally aspirated engines the HP value will be larger than the torque...
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No, for most naturally aspirated engines, the power will be higher, than power on a turbocharged engine, producing the same amount of torque. So you're comparing power vs power on different engines, not power vs torque on the same engine.
The reason people are confused, is because those numbers look similar, being roughly in the same range. That is only because scientists and engineers picked units that are easy to work with.
If you express torque as "ounce force inch" instead of pounds, 550 becomes 105600, or 0.75 in kNm.
I don't think anyone would ever ask this question if they knew that porsche turbo s produces 0.75 "torque".