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Originally Posted by SilentBob420BMFJ
some of the cars you listed have under 200 tq.. but ya, i guess it gets quite complex when you talk about torque and hp curves, and what causes them? let me just ask this, can gear ratios change torque/hp curves? im guessing no, they can only change the amount of torque (but not hp).. if torque is sacrificed with high rpms, then what are you gaining when the rpms go up? torque and rpms determine hp, but if you take torque away and add more rpms, arent you basically doing nothing or very little? also, if torque is sacrificed at high rpms, then why dont we have torque at like 4000 rpms? btw i noticed my current car which has an insane amount of torque, has a 5300 redline (1997 mercury cougar xr7 @ 290 tq)..
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Only the Si and it still basically has 200hp. Gears multiply tq (and hp in a way). Say you had 200 tq and first gear was 3:1 (remember using basic numbers) than in first gear you would have 600tq, and since TQxRPM= HP, your HP would also multiply... Now to dyno sheets.
Here is a pretty much stock Si dyno sheet from XSR civic.
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Here is a pretty much stock MS3 dyno sheet.
Corvette
S2000 dynosheet
You can easily see how TQ affects HP with RPMs. And you can see how TQ is found in the low rpm's of the dyno and how HP takes over in the high RPMs. Where are you at when you race at the track? High rpms, so why is low tq so important in a drag race, because you are simply sprinting. A good launch is pretty much gold when it comes to 1/4 mile and 1/8 mile racing.