No big deal, semantics. Half of the magazine reviews and even some sales
literature make that mistake.

Foot Pounds or ft-lbs is the correct unit. But I'm quit sure that no one
reading these things even cares about the units being correct because
they all know what is really meant. And given that all engines are rated
in these same units when listed in imperial units, it's really only the
number that matters anyway. In fact my error came from pasting from a
very large and popular automotive review magazine's site. I certainly do
know the difference, but frankly I didn't notice, likely because my
brain stripped the units as irrelevant while reading it. It's the number
that matters. Though I suppose maybe I noticed subconsciously as I added
the word 'torque' after them.


Olin Lathrop wrote:
> Nate Duehr wrote:
>   
>> Tachyon wrote:
>>     
>>> North American engines that make over 500lb/ft of torque,
>>>       
>> VW's Touareg comes very close to 500 lb/ft
>>     
>
> This is getting rediculous.  Unless you're discussing windup spring engines,
> lb/ft is not a meaningful unit, and is NOT a unit of torque.  If you're
> going to discuss this stuff, at least get the units right.
>
>
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