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[Entwood]

Torque will give you acceleration .. BHP (power) will give you top speed ... simple laws of physics ..

[symes]

Yep but that Vette probably more economical around town than you think as it drops cylinders only all 8 when needed Plus being mouse motor theres tons of speed equipement out there for them-I know you can take 350 to 425ci as an example.
Ford got new engine at SEMA 302ci-5litre =425bhp its a quad cam 32 valver

[ozzycat]

Looks good but will it go around corners though

my thoughts exactly

[Kevin Wood]

Torque will give you acceleration .. BHP (power) will give you top speed ... simple laws of physics ..

For a given gearing. Suit the ratios to the engine and torque means absolutely nothing at all. 

BHP is everything. Trust me, a hayabusa engined Westfield will have half the torque of mine for similar power..

So, naturally, this one's a bit slow...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xu23nUTLDM

 

[Vamps]

All I get are a load of horses and then an Audi add......

[Kevin Wood]

All I get are a load of horses and then an Audi add......

Hmm. Works for me.

[Marks DTM Calib]

There is more than one version of the Corvette and handling is not as bad as you would think (cart springs went 20 years ago). The biggest issue is the flimsy plastic bodywork

I note the new one has a new Gen V small block (all alloy etc) which will give the 450bhp. Note the older Corvette had the Gen IV LS9 engine with supercharger giving 638bhp and I would expect that as the new engine is developed then the bhp will increase.

[henryd]

Torque will give you acceleration .. BHP (power) will give you top speed ... simple laws of physics ..

For a given gearing. Suit the ratios to the engine and torque means absolutely nothing at all. 

BHP is everything. Trust me, a hayabusa engined Westfield will have half the torque of mine for similar power..

So, naturally, this one's a bit slow...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xu23nUTLDM

 

The car is quick but the driver is quicker

[Marks DTM Calib]

The problem is that the motorbike engined kit cars are only any good where you ahev to make a single standing start e.g. the track.

There bloody awful on the road.

I note that the new Gen V has a monster flat torque curve and is obviously aimed at the larger car market (stick a motorbike engine in a Corvette or CTS and it would barely have the ability to start the V8!)

[Kevin Wood]

The problem is that the motorbike engined kit cars are only any good where you ahev to make a single standing start e.g. the track.

There bloody awful on the road.

I note that the new Gen V has a monster flat torque curve and is obviously aimed at the larger car market (stick a motorbike engine in a Corvette or CTS and it would barely have the ability to start the V8!)

Oh, I agree. My argument was about torque vs. acceleration.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Its interesting as for me, if people spoke in KW rather than the fabled bhp (of which ever of the three different standards it might be) then the average person would better understand as you can appreciate that more KW is more power.

We know (hopefuly) that BHP = (Torque x revs) / 5252

Hence why an electric drill has a motor that revs to many 10's of thousands of rpm as the motor has very little torque (it would be a bit bit if it did!) and then is geared down.