The answer isn’t a simple “yes cubic inches makes power”. Rat Bastid, rumblefish360, and many others have explained and answered the question quite well.
But let me clarify what I mean, I understand if you raise torque at any
Rpm at that rpm hp will also raise. Torque is obviously heavily related to displacement
Torque is basically one powerstroke and hp is the sum of all the powerstrokes added up over time.
So obviously displacement has a huge impact on one powerstroke and only has one powerstroke to do it.
So yes displacement make torque and torque is a major part of hp, what I'm looking would hard to isolate on a dyno and hard to put into a question. But It's based on a lot of people here think stroking or building a 360 over a 318 etc... Automatically makes more hp with similar top end. My question is how ? Or another way of saying it why if the smaller engine does make less what stopped from turning more rpms to make up the difference since it has a top end to support that much hp ?
If you add displacement or build bigger displacement you add torque you can't say the same with hp, torque is a (guesstimation) 80% cid 20% top end and hp is probably opposite ratio.
If someone explained this I missed it.
Rat Bastid Is a hp rpm guy not a torque stroker guy didn't see him going against what i'm asking.
