Originally Posted by
Chip
As above, BHP is work done, torque on its own is a meaningless figure without being in the context of RPM!
Exactly. That "Torque wins races" comment is utter bollocks purely as people think of LOW DOWN torque.
Hence why diesel and XR4 owners think their cars are fast as fuck "ooooh, look how much torque i have, ill be halfway down the road before you are in the powerband" and the other gay quotes they always come out with.
When in reality they get destroyed by anyone who understands how to drive and has a bit more bhp than them.
Our diesel has 190bhp and 350lbft. It feels fast, easy to keep it in the powerband, but a similar weight car with 50 more bhp but 100lbft LESS still totally destroys it in a straight line.