Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

OK. so reading posts, thinking (never agood idea) and just all around observing, Is a Honda machine more effective because it runs at a higher RPM?

I have the Tiny Tach on my Simplicity and it runs at about 3500-3600 unloaded and it bogs to about 3200 with a load.

Make no mistake, I have  no performance issues with it but hearing the praises and the like, does a Honda run faster, and have faster "gearing" on the impeller so the snow goes farther.

Sounds like practices of under supplying the retailers that does meet not market demand and "relaxed" price control.  A bit socialist, if asked.

Why produce more if less gets you more money?  A funny concept of consumer funded subsidy.

OK.  Off my soapbox now.  :)

Canadians get gouged every way possible when it comes to large consumer products.  Automobiles for example were $10K to $20K higher priced than the same vehicle 30 miles away on the other side of the border.   When Canadians started buying from US dealers around two years ago, the Canadian dealers went ballistic.   They tried every angle possible to get the Canadian government to put an end to it.  They claimed safety issues such as speedometers not being metric, U.S. vehicles not having mandatory roll over  fuel cut out switches etc.   Since then, Canadian dealers have lowered their prices substantially.   The goose isn't laying as big a golden egg as it did three years ago. 

Some aspects of NAFTA actually work in favour of consumers.

Sorry for being off topic. 

Horsepower = Torque x RPM, but Torque is not constant across the rev spectrum of an engine.

For gasoline engines, there is generally very little torque at low rpms, flat torque across the middle rpms, and then a drop off as the engine starts spinning too fast for complete combustion.

So, the short answer to your question is that the direct relationship between horsepower and torque changes the across the rpm range and the resultant horsepower curve will vary as the rpm changes.

Starwarrior