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Originally posted by London Lad
Maybe but I have a very good contact at AMG and I suspect he is giving me good infomation. However its not a car I would consider for myself. I expect all will be revealed in March ;-)
Graham
Maybe but I have a very good contact at AMG and I suspect he is giving me good infomation. However its not a car I would consider for myself. I expect all will be revealed in March ;-)
Graham
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Originally posted by Wolfman
1000 nm torque (740 lb.ft.)
Wolfman
1000 nm torque (740 lb.ft.)
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US will adopt this standard when it fully embraces the metric system. Your guess is as good as mine as to when that happens. In my opinion, it should have happened 30 years ago.
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Vraa, my pearls of wisdom elsewhere obviously missed their mark. Here is all you ever wanted to know about NM...
NM (newton-metres) is a unit of torque or twisting force, expressed as a linear force multiplied by the perpendicular distance to the point of rotation. It's an alternative to pounds-feet. For example, if your arms are 2 feet long, holding up a 10 pound sack of potatoes exerts a twisting force of 20 pounds feet on your shoulder joint.
In SI or metric measurements, a Newton (named after the English mathematician who discovered gravity) is a unit of force which when applied to a mass of 1kg produces an acceleration of 1 metre per second per second. The Earth's gravity exerts a force of 9.81 Newtons on a mass of 1kg (2.2 pounds). The distance is expressed in metres which is 3.28 feet.
To convert NM into pounds feet, you multiply by 2.2 * 3.28/9.81 or about 0.74.
Got that? There will be a test tomorrow...
Certainly agree about the US needing to adopt metric units, especially in science and engineering. There was of course that well publicised SNAFU when a NASA space-craft missed Mars because one team were using inches and the other metric...
It's really strange to go into a Home Depot and buy screws and drill bits which are measured in 64ths of an inch. Here in the UK, we now buy gas by the litre but still measure consumption in miles to the gallon where the larger the number, the better. In mainland Europe , they measure it in terms of how much gas is used to drive a certain distance, so the smaller the number the better.
NM (newton-metres) is a unit of torque or twisting force, expressed as a linear force multiplied by the perpendicular distance to the point of rotation. It's an alternative to pounds-feet. For example, if your arms are 2 feet long, holding up a 10 pound sack of potatoes exerts a twisting force of 20 pounds feet on your shoulder joint.
In SI or metric measurements, a Newton (named after the English mathematician who discovered gravity) is a unit of force which when applied to a mass of 1kg produces an acceleration of 1 metre per second per second. The Earth's gravity exerts a force of 9.81 Newtons on a mass of 1kg (2.2 pounds). The distance is expressed in metres which is 3.28 feet.
To convert NM into pounds feet, you multiply by 2.2 * 3.28/9.81 or about 0.74.
Got that? There will be a test tomorrow...
Certainly agree about the US needing to adopt metric units, especially in science and engineering. There was of course that well publicised SNAFU when a NASA space-craft missed Mars because one team were using inches and the other metric...
It's really strange to go into a Home Depot and buy screws and drill bits which are measured in 64ths of an inch. Here in the UK, we now buy gas by the litre but still measure consumption in miles to the gallon where the larger the number, the better. In mainland Europe , they measure it in terms of how much gas is used to drive a certain distance, so the smaller the number the better.
Last edited by blueSL; Jan 24, 2003 at 10:45 AM.
