# cast or forged?

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cast-or-forged/20013>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [November 10, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cast-or-forged/20013 "2006-11-10T15:05:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cast-or-forged/20013/59 "2006-11-11T16:08:03Z")

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> [@jeeves744](#):
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> ya there are a lot of things that can fuck up a part, but if you actually put it together properly there is only a certain amount of stress (hp) it can handle before it breaks.

a watt, which 745.6999 watts=1hp, is not a unit of stress. If it was rated in torque I would understand it, its just a ricer way of rating the strength of a part and it just pisses me. Putting the part in correctly does not guarentee that the part will not fail from stress even though you are under the advertised claim power you should be making with that part. Its a load of crap

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