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03-15-2009, 11:14 AM | #16 |
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Someone's going to get a freak ls3 and be able to pull some crazy times lol. Can't wait to see the disbelief of some.
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03-15-2009, 12:54 PM | #17 |
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yeah... my LS3 is gonna accidentally get bored .030 over from the factory... what a freak!
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give it to me for a month....
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PLEASE READ THIS TOO
http://www.vettenet.org/torquehp.html
This is one of the best explanations I have ever read. It goes through some math, but it also has narrative explanations and examples, both real world and hypothetical. The other reason why I like this is that it explains something that people always seem to forget about: GEARING and RPM REDLINES!!!! Those are so important too. This article compares two Corvettes (the LT1 vette and the preceding L98) two vette that are very similar except one makes more power over a broader range eventhough they have the same peak torque. I'd almost recommend making that link or something like it a sticky....this is a must read IMHO
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Interesting articles! One question though, should you plug in the actual RWHP number of 364?
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horsepower sells cars, torque wins races.
horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how much of the wall you take with you.
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Ok is there a formula to say what is faster? for example: say 1 car has 300hp and 260ft/lbs and another one has 260hp and 300ft/lbs. Or would that be hard to say because I would think the car with more torque would get to 60 faster, but the car with more hp may pass it by the quarter and also have a higher top speed. Does that sound logical?
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