# What Does 1000 lb ft Look Like?..... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 15, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-does-1000-lb-ft-look-like/25958 "2007-03-15T22:04:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 27
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-does-1000-lb-ft-look-like/25958/27 "2007-03-16T06:45:25Z")
[quote=“LAFENGAS,post:26,topic:25958"”] hahaha as far as torque is concerned. 1000lbs at 1 foot = 1lb at 1000 feet. 1000 lb-ft is correct. [/quote] The cross product is not commutative. So force crossed into distance is not equal to distance crossed into force. actually: **F** X **D** = -1 ( **D** X **F** ) --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-does-1000-lb-ft-look-like/25958)._