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TORQUE not BHP
glaggs:
If your driving off road; trials, laning, which challenge or just pay n play then torque is more inmportant than ultimate power. Peak power is only realy important for speed type events ie. comp safari. The down side is that the torquier engins tend to be Diesel and there fore theres a weight penaltiy. I'll keep reving the whatsits off my Zuk, sounds better than any burbbling chip fat burner any day.....
......Hi Ian how you doing.
Eeyore:
I would argue and say that torque is better for comp motors too, especially in the clag!
I've seen too many lightweight, really revvy cars just spin the wheels instead of making good progress.
But as rightly said, it's gotta be torque for challenge motors, which is where diesels win out, but heck, they put a hammering on the drive train!
Cheers
8)
Eeyore
Henry Webster:
--- Quote from: "Eeyore" ---I would argue and say that torque is better for comp motors too, especially in the clag!
I've seen too many lightweight, really revvy cars just spin the wheels instead of making good progress.
But as rightly said, it's gotta be torque for challenge motors, which is where diesels win out, but heck, they put a hammering on the drive train!
Cheers
8)
Eeyore
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Although it is fair to say that the current crop at the front end of the British Off Road Championship may disagree.
Kershaw and torgue no-longer go together in the same sentence.
I, however, am still convinced of the need for torque.
H
Eeyore:
--- Quote from: "Henry Webster" ---
Although it is fair to say that the current crop at the front end of the British Off Road Championship may disagree.
Kershaw and torgue no-longer go together in the same sentence.
--- End quote ---
Ain't that the truth!
But whilst his car is blindingly quick, it was struggling for traction at the weekend. Same of the cars without 'lectronic managment kept hitting the rev limiters as the wheels span out. Must play havoc with the drive train!
Quite spectacular it was!
Cheers
8)
Eeyore
extreme90:
ill keep my tractor engine for the challenges
shows any v8 up on the rough stuff
just not blistering on road
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