[flipper35]

Maybe a way to visualize this is to think of horsepower as cfm in a tube.

Torque is the fan that pushes the air throught the tube. The larger diameter the fan, the biger the torque number (hp=tqxrpm/5250). A large fan or small fan can push the same cfm, but the small Ferrari fan has to spin faster to push the same cfm as the big block fan. Other things like crank/damper/flywheel weight will have an effect on perceived hp at the rear wheels, but if two engines have identical dyno sheets, they will perform similarly in a car.