Template talk:Auto lb ft

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This template was considered for deletion on 2008 April 13. The result of the discussion was keep.

[edit] Unit nomenclature

There is no such unit as lbf•ft. In Foot-pound force, you'll see that ft•lbf is the formal notation for the unit of energy, while lb•ft is used to denote torque. In practice, lb•ft and ft•lb are used interchangeably to denote torque — though many physics professors over the years taught me that lb•ft is to be preferred — but ft•lbf is not used to denote the torque output of an engine or motor except by this template here on Wikipedia, as it seems. Having raised the issue in all the obviously appropriate discussion forums and received no negative feedback, I've boldly corrected the unit nomenclature generated by this template. --Scheinwerfermann (talk) 22:49, 27 January 2008 (UTC)