I get what you're saying, but torque isn't power. Power is literally horsepower, it's in the name. Torque and power are two entirely different entities.
Gearing will affect the 60' more than the actual torque number. POWER is what accelerates things. Power is work times time. Torque is a force times a distance, it has no unit of time involved.
HP is responsible for everything that happens as soon as the crank starts turning. HP drives the water pump, the alternator, the torque converter.
Understanding the time element in equations and systems is a major stumbling block for many people as they transition from static physics into dynamic physics. The per-unit-time part comes from RPM, displacement, movement, speed(velocity). Without the per-unit-time part, the static torque value is meaningless. Torque will only tell you if something will move, not how fast, not how far. Work is required to figure out how far something can go, power determines how quickly it can reach a velocity or a distance(displacement).
Physics 202 ;)