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Nowhere near enough information (archive)
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Posted by JEM on October 14, 2000 at 20:37:53:

In Reply to: HP/TORQUE QUESTION.... posted by pat on October 14, 2000 at 16:15:57:


CAN SOMEONE ANSWER ME THIS QUESTION IN PLAIN ENGLISH PLEASE

Insufficient information.

Faster means top speed.

You'd need to know Cd, frontal area, tire diameter and rolling resistance, gearing, and the actual torque curve all the way to redline to even start to predict.

If you mean acceleration, then you'd need to know the final drive and transmission gear ratios, the actual torque curve, tire diameter and whether the car is traction-limited off the line, etc. And then you get into issues such as how quickly the transmission will shift, and so forth.



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