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Torque, torque and more torque
Posted by keeton (more from keeton) on Thu, 19 Sep 2002 20:10:45
In Reply to: Horses, horses, and more horses...(mild rant), TB, Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:19:51
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You miss the point, somewhat.
You are very correct in that Americans cannot utilize high HP engines (which translate into top speed). What they _do_ enjoy is fast acceleration, where if its the freeway on ramp or gunning away from a traffic light. It's about all you can do here. This requires torque.
The Saab turbo engines fluff up the mid range torque quite a bit ("Those Sweedish horses just seem to be stronger..."). Unfortunately, the turbo is not as effective coming off idle (the dreaded turbo lag) which makes you a guaranteed loser at the stoplight grand prix.
With all of this talk about Saab and Cadillac sharing resources, wouldn't it be interesting to have an LPT Northstar...
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Posts in this Thread:
- Horses, horses, and more horses...(mild rant), TB, Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:19:51
- I want torque, torque, and torque...of course..., TKC, Fri, 20 Sep 2002 10:20:58
- Re: Horses, horses, and more horses...(mild rant), Gary, Fri, 20 Sep 2002 09:11:58
- Re: Horses, horses, and more horses...(mild rant), Nined Again, Thu, 19 Sep 2002 20:31:46
- Torque, torque and more torque, keeton, Thu, 19 Sep 2002 20:10:45 <-- Viewing This Message
- You're being very logical, phred, Thu, 19 Sep 2002 19:53:15
- Re: Horses, horses, and more horses...(mild rant), mlc
, Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:56:54 - Counter-Rant, cruious-cat, Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:53:53
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