Re: AUDI & Mercedes

[AUDIDUDI@delphi.com]

> >powered car or an eclipse turbo is much much quicker than a vtec.
> >yes, i have driven them all.  it's all about torque.
> >
> >
> Bingo.....  Eliot you hit it, HP looks pretty, but torque is what moves a
> car in the manner in which we all would love to become accustomed.......
> Good post

I think the saying is "Torque wins races, Horsepower sells motors" ... of
course, what REALLY matters is not power at the flywheel but power at the
drive wheels (i.e., shorter gearing/high rpms tend to equalize things).

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