[bostonsmiles]

Every Year the Monsters get more toruqe.. ie.
2001 M 620 dark 36.2 ft. lbs. @ 6,000 RPM
2002 M 620 Dark 39.2 ft. lbs. @ 6,700 RPM
2003 M 620 53.3Nm [email protected] 6750
The extra jump this year seems a lot. And I am sure that it happened with every model. Do people notice it? That sounds quite generous to me, and I was one of those people debating getting a new or used monster, but if new ones have the extra torque, I say.. "OH yeah"
bs

 

[Guest]

The last year you quoted Nm instead of foot lbs like the other too. That account for the big jump.

 

[bostonsmiles]

Oh I see it is about 39.3foot pounds, geeze that snuck up on me. Ignore this then.

 

[Jasons03Corse]

What does Nm mean?

 

[bostonsmiles]

Newton-Meters used to measure torque, really outdated

 

[Kevin]

Newton-Meters used to measure torque, really outdated

dude... it's called the Metric system.... last I heard the system us Americans use is pretty outdated...

 

[jiro]

Yeah, I'm used to the metric system and working in inches and pounds just drives me nuts.

 

[bostonsmiles]

Yeah but Foot Pounds are more manly [smiley=waytogo.gif] oh and its cooler too because no one else uses it. DOn't you want to stand out, isn't that why you are on this board anyways?[smiley=wink.gif]

 

[ADG]

Funny how the big conversion to the metric system in the US failed when I was in elementary school in the mid-seventies.

Grab any idiot off the street who can't read a children's book let alone a standard tape measure then ask that person to count $50 in mixed coins.

Irony.

 

[Guest]

Just a note in favour of the inch system,
As a veteren tool and die maker I work in both systems. There is strong data in the metrology industry that backs the inch system due to the particular resolution of a 10,000th of an inch which fits perfectly most precision requirements. Of course millionths are used as well.
With metric we see 100th of a MM as being 4 of the 10,000ths of an inch, so basically one fourth the resolution. Not as usefull because when we go to 1000th of a MM we have a prohibitively expensive gage with limited range, in other words, overkill.
Mike

 

[Guest]

Just a note in favour of the inch system,
As a veteren tool and die maker I work in both systems.