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Re: More Torque or more Horses ? Sat, 14 September 2002 13:49 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Norbie wrote on Fri, 13 September 2002 16:03

Stefan wrote on Fri, 13 September 2002 15:12


Not entirely true. I have heard an old quote that goes soemthign like "Horsepower sells cars, torque wins motor races"


I've heard that one many times before, but I'm afraid it's a gross simplification! Think about it, if that were true why don't you see any race cars with diesel engines?



I think maybee you could lossely read into it something like "torque curve" or useable torque or something. I think I read that in those rallys where the cars are limited to 206kw (or whatever), they work on tweaking the cars to get the widest most usable torque curve.

Anyone read the review of the 'new' Sti on autospeed.com.au? The thing is supposed to have a really crappy crazy undriveable torque curve which makes it really slow off the line.
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