Thread: BHP vs Torque?
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Stavros
Exactly. That "Torque wins races" comment is utter bollocks purely as people think of LOW DOWN torque.

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.
so low down torque cars isn't as quick as top end torque cars?

torque talk goes over my head sorry!
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