New Trans Am lover.
If you learn nothing else from this site, learn this:
It's not how you stand by your car, it's how you race your car.
Write that down.
It's not how you stand by your car, it's how you race your car.
Write that down.
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Joined: Jul 2005
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Originally Posted by Inspector12
I give personal one on one lessons LOL! Horsepower and Torque are just different ways of measuring power. Torque is best described as the force you feel when you first take off from a dead stop and HP would be how hard it continues to pull one you are moving. That is a general description for the average person not 100% accurate but close enough. Whitch is better depends on what you are trying to do best would be to have both LOL!
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TECH Junkie
Joined: Aug 2002
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From: Fort Collins, CO
235/235 refers to the number of degrees in crankshaft rotation that the cam will hold the intake valve open.
You've actually asked a rather involved question.
Because these are 4 cycle engines, they only fire every other time the piston comes to TDC (Top Dead Center). That means there are 720 degrees of rotation for one cycle. That cam will hold in the intake valve open for 235 of the 720 degrees of rotation.
You've actually asked a rather involved question.
Because these are 4 cycle engines, they only fire every other time the piston comes to TDC (Top Dead Center). That means there are 720 degrees of rotation for one cycle. That cam will hold in the intake valve open for 235 of the 720 degrees of rotation.
Welcome to the site!! Hope you find all the answers you need.. I'm sure the guys around here will try to be nice to ya.. Youll get an occasional ******* or two.. but oh well... My ex didnt care to learn about them.. she just listened and stood half naked by the car!!! 
Inspector you have been so helpful all in one day. I look forward to learning more great and interesting things about LS1s from you. I did learn what rwhp and rwtq is. But once again i want to thank you personally
TECH Resident
Joined: Nov 2002
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From: AustinTexas
Originally Posted by stang killer
Personally, I think this site may be too advanced. A lot of this stuff is LS1 specific, and it seems like you want to learn about cars in general. Heres a site that I go to when I dont know something.
www.howstuffworks.com
hope that helps.
www.howstuffworks.com
hope that helps.
