340 Vs 360

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Torque is a rather meaningless number on its own just like rpm, but rpm is equally important of a number as torque.

If I said I had two engines that made 300lbs-ft it really tells you nothing about the engines or its ability to perform.
Same as rpm if I said one makes peak torque at 3000 rpm and the other 6000 rpm which also tells you nothing, that's why they invented HP.
If I told you one engine made 171 HP and told you the other made 342 HP you would know engine 2 could do twice the work no matter the the torque or rpm numbers.

300lbs-ft X 3000 rpm / 5252 = 171 HP
300lbs-ft X 6000 rpm / 5252 = 342 HP

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But 342 HP in your example accelerates at exactly the same rate as 171hp because they both have the same force being applied, torque. More torque equals more force equals more acceleration. More horsepower does not necessarily equal for force, just the same force spinning at a higher rpm. Now all of this is just taking a single moment in time. What really matters is how broad that torque curve is made. Here is where the high HP number means something, if the motor make that torque early and held it all the way to high rpms, then you can also take advantage of lower gearing to multiply the torque. Its still all about torque, HP cannot even be measured independently, its a mathematical derivative of torque, acceleration is only a factor of torque.