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Vumad, you are on to something, but a little confused, I think. If you measured the ACTUAL torque output at the wheels of a car, it would be a mind boggling figure. A sports car might have 4500+ft/lbs, or something of that order. This is a result of the gearing that puts the motor at a huge mechanical advantage over the wheels.
BUT
Whenever you see a wheeled vehicle on a chassis dynamometer and the output of that same sports car is, say, 450ft/lbs, the dyno's computer has already been doing the math to convert that massive measured figure back to a calculated estimation of the motor's actual output before all the reduction gearing.
BUT
Whenever you see a wheeled vehicle on a chassis dynamometer and the output of that same sports car is, say, 450ft/lbs, the dyno's computer has already been doing the math to convert that massive measured figure back to a calculated estimation of the motor's actual output before all the reduction gearing.