MFNLaw found one the same links I was gonna post. But I also found this one which explains the torque vs. horsepower in somewhat simpler terms.

ita, for example, my old silver MX-6 had 110 hp @4700 rpm, and 130 ft-lbs torque @ 3000 rpm. My newer turbo version of that same car has 145 hp and 190 ft-lb. More torque = more wheee! aka getting pushed back in your seat, aka, pep.

I'm assuming that your use of "pep" is somewhat synonymous with "acceleration."

It's as good an assumption as any, and better than most.

I'm skimming reviews trying to find out what's peppier than my VR6 Jetta. Which looks like this:

• Acceleration (0-60 mph): 7.6 sec.
• Braking Distance(60-0 mph):125 ft.
• Roadholding Index: 0.80
• Base Number of Cylinders: 6
• Base Engine Size: 2.8 liters
• Base Engine Type: V6
• Horsepower: 174 hp @ 5800 rpm
• Torque: 181 ft-lbs. @ 3200 rpm

So I'm going to, then, focus on comparable accelerations, and look best at stuff with higher or equivalent horsepower and torque. And then maybe that engine size thing. Is the roadholding index from 0-1?

whee! hee!

in my head lori is saying WHEEEE! really loud and scooting around lab in office chair.

laughing like a goon myself.

I love trash

anything dirty or rotten or rusty

I am loving that Nutty is already taunting other teams for their mediocrity and Hillenbrand-having.

Not taunting. Well, only a little. Seriously, considering they're the 2nd-nearest AL team to me, I know nothing about TOR. Although, I expect to know more about them next year, when they have longer purse strings.

I am not loving the news from Nutty about comebackers to the face since Emmett will probably be pitching this year.

Schilling got hit on his pitching hand twice in one game, in 2003. It wasn't till the second hit that it occurred to him he might have broken bones. (He did.)

I found an article online that proclaimed Mussina's broken nose was the best reason to keep pro bats wooden instead of aluminum. Off a metal bat, that ball could have killed him. (As it was, he got 20 stitches, but was pitching again 3 weeks later.)

That said, I bet grade school leagues do not have pitchers that throw in the 90s, so the balls, even off metal bats, do not come back at 100mph.

That said, I bet grade school leagues do not have pitchers that throw in the 90s, so the balls, even off metal bats, do not come back at 100mph.

Well, they didn't before all the kids started taking steroids.

WHEEEEE!

I need more torque for this chair.

Also, clearly torque is not the only answer. Hank the 4300 lb Land Cruiser puts out 210 ft-lbs @1800rpm (135 hp @3600rpm). Not so much Whee! as "Okay, I'll climb straight up that cliff".

Is the roadholding index from 0-1?

I don't know. I'm gonna guess that the "roadholding index" is the same as lateral acceleration (how "tight" a car can turn, or how fast it can corner at a given speed), which is measured in g's. In which case the limit is something bigger than 1. Magazines such as Road and Track will list the lateral acceleration of the cars they test.

So I'm going to, then, focus on comparable accelerations, and look best at stuff with higher or equivalent horsepower and torque.

Also look at the weight of the vehicles. If your Jetta is lighter than Comparison Car A, but everything else is exactly the same, your Jetta would have more pep. Of course this is assuming the Jetta is functioning within generally accepted parameters, since it has been in service for a bit. A new car off the lot is always going to feel peppier than a car that's got 10-20K miles on it.

edited to delete extra consonants. I don't like the keyboard on my work computer anymore.

my chair has no torque. mostly because it has a broken foot. I do have a new keyboard, because the broken foot caused me to spill tea all over my keyboard.