[quote author=Scruff link=topic=19647.msg240198#msg240198 date=1259771262]
I could not care less about bhp figures as they are just for bragging rights down the pub. Torque is where the party is at and with 511 of them that's going to be one hell of a party!!! Justto put it into perspective. A full blown WRC car has approx 300bhp but it has nearly 900 party baloons.
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that's not true..It makes 600fltb but does that because it makes it at low revs...trucks can make 1500fltb of torque BUT between 500-1000 rpm..power is the result of torque applied at rpm... torque is only potential.
Wrc cars are restricted to 300 bhp so they make all the torque early and it tapers off as revs rise...any decent race car will make a progressive torque curve which only tapers of near the end of the rev range..making peak torque and power close together
I could not care less about bhp figures as they are just for bragging rights down the pub. Torque is where the party is at and with 511 of them that's going to be one hell of a party!!! Justto put it into perspective. A full blown WRC car has approx 300bhp but it has nearly 900 party baloons.
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that's not true..It makes 600fltb but does that because it makes it at low revs...trucks can make 1500fltb of torque BUT between 500-1000 rpm..power is the result of torque applied at rpm... torque is only potential.
Wrc cars are restricted to 300 bhp so they make all the torque early and it tapers off as revs rise...any decent race car will make a progressive torque curve which only tapers of near the end of the rev range..making peak torque and power close together