Is Torque King?

At least for me - torque is the king. Torque is what is best when the engine is in a compromise vehicle. Like a street car, or a street/strip car, or a street/road racing car. The reason most curves cross at 5200 or so is a combination of the mathematical formual that calculates horsepower from torque and it's constant, and the way a dyno calculates. The reason not every engine does that is differences in local dyno calibration, data sampling rates, and the software that crunches the numbers.