Who’s faster? Explained and Simulated - Horsepower vs Torque

So here we have two identical vehicles. The only difference between them is that one makes 1000 horsepower and 500 pound feet of torque and the other makes 500 horsepower and 1000 pound feet of torque. The question is: If we these two vehicles faced each other on a quarter mile drag course, which one would win? Horsepower or torque? Well that’s the question we will answer today and by answering it we will gain a more profound understanding of horsepower torque and vehicle dynamics and possibly also a headache. So let’s get started Now these numbers are peak torque and peak horsepower numbers but before we use them we need to know at what engine rpm do these peak numbers occur. To make things fair we will say that peak horsepower and peak torque occurs at the same rpm for both vehicles. So let’s just say that peak horsepower occurs at 5000 rpm and let’s say that peak torque occurs at 2500 rpm. Now if you already know a bit about torque and horsepower you might be able to tell that there’s