Originally Posted by
mechanic28
was putting it down to the torque of the carlton being a 3.6 6 cylinder i would be very surprised if a 370 cossie kept with it
Torque doesnt have a lot to do with top end performance, even off the line its not a great deal of use in a normal road car, people get to focussed on it due to specific applications where it is very useful like big grip drag cars.