Re: [AMC-List] What's it from/for Metropolitin swap???!!!

["Swygert, Francis G MSgt 436 CES/CECM" <Francis.Swygert3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I looked at the site. It's obvious you can't have ANY torque at ZERO
rpm!! Okay, I understand what you're saying -- that from idle the engine
can be loaded up and have almost immediate full torque. Technically it
should have given torque as "from idle" or listed idle rpm... which is
probably in the neighborhood of 5K+ (could be 10K+ for a turbine, but I
doubt that one was a high speed turbine). That would have been more
correct to me. But then they did list torque at OUTPUT SHAFT speed. You
have to look at the specs twice to catch exactly what they mean! When
used to looking at piston engine specs, it's misleading at first -- but
so is comparing apples to oranges!! I was referring to engine speed, not
output shaft speed. What Chrysler meant was with the engine running it
would have 425 lb/ft or torque available right from the start, and
wouldn't bog down and take time to produce pulling power like a piston
engine does. But the turbine has to be up to running speed first. They
don't take long to warm up once started, it should be ready to turn up
to redline from ignition in 5-10 seconds, but it must be up to speed.

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