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Old 06-16-2006, 10:38 AM   #26
blue2000s
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Originally Posted by just_me
... because the torque multiplication effect of the gearbox works in your favor, since you get the torqgue multiplied by a ahigher number of revolutions equal to the ratio of the two gears).

Grant
I'm running out of ways to explain this folks. Acceleration comes from force, which is directly related to the torque at the wheels and the wheel radius. I'm trying to make it as understandable as possible. Like I said above, you CAN use power, but that's not the way it's traditionally done.

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