HorsePOWER – RoundEngine's STRONGEST feature!

Many of us have heard the term horsepower (“HP”) but what does this commonly used term really mean? It was originally created by James Watt to capture the power available from one horse, which in those days translated to 33,000 foot-pounds of work per minute.

The 33,000 equals the result of the formula: “weight * the vertical distance the weight is raised”. In other words, a HP is equivalent to raising:

• 33,000 pounds a vertical distance of 1 foot, in one minute; or
• 1,000 pounds a vertical distance of 33 feet, in one minute.

While initially an arbitrary measure, Horsepower still the most commonly used adjective for engine power.

Today, horsepower can be converted into various other units of measure – let us look at how we measure horsepower relative to RoundEngine technology:

Horsepower is equal to “Torque multiplied by RPM divided by 5,252”. Because the RoundEngine has superior torque, the same amount of RPM will generate more power. The largest torque advantage of the RoundEngine is at low RPM which makes the RoundEngine especially well suited for larger applications such as cars, trucks, industrial and agricultural equipment, buses, locomotives and cargo ships, as well as recreational equipment such as snowmobiles and ATVs, or small handheld equipment such as chain saws and leaf blowers.

What is Torque you ask?