questions you were too embarrassed to ask; why do i need so many torques?

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all this talk about torque, why are many torques required? can someone answer this in laymans terms. what does it do and how does it work?
p.s. please don't link me to 'how stuff works'! lol

[2002pete]

Hope this helps.

Bhp/Torque. (Rolling Road)

http://www.powerengineering.co.uk/ac...ubaru_tech.htm

[brumbrum]

thanks pete, kind of clears it up a bit. i was never much use at science, lol.