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3474
Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:10 am
Colchester, Essex
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2501
Wed Apr 14, 2004 10:26 pm
Cumbria
What could be changed to Peters map, is to run a little less advance down low, to reduce the peak torque back down to around 300, then run slightly more boost to bring both the torque and peak power up again.
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1514
Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:24 am
Nr Chippenham, Wiltshire
Torque don't mean diddly on the drag strip...
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1514
Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:24 am
Nr Chippenham, Wiltshire
David Gentleman wrote:
End of the the day, bhp ratings means nothing, its all torque related. 350lb ft is a ideal maximum safe limit - the Venturi 400 and Lotus V8 can run over '400bhp' with no problems, but the torque needed to make 400bhp at higher rpms is still only in the 350lb region..
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3474
Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:10 am
Colchester, Essex
Stunned Monkey wrote:on paper then whip everything else on the road, it'a a torquey little lump
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3474
Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:10 am
Colchester, Essex
Stunned Monkey wrote:
Hell no - the V8 Esprits will bust their gearbox and twist their own driveshafts off at stock 350hp. The Esprit uses the 3.89:1 final drive too. I dunno that there are enough 400GT's out there to know if they have reliability issues
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594
Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:35 pm
york
David Gentleman wrote:Stunned Monkey wrote:on paper then whip everything else on the road, it'a a torquey little lump
...we said drag strip....
If Petes peak torque is at 3000rpm, but he launches at 5k, and then when he changes up in each gear his revs drop to 4500 each time, then when is he going to make best use of his peak torque?
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1514
Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:24 am
Nr Chippenham, Wiltshire
David Gentleman wrote:
Can't be that easy Martin, I have two friends with Lotus V8's and are both are old now, 1996 models, and never had a problem, its not like its a 'common' fault otherwise there wouldnt be any V8's on the road.
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Wed Apr 14, 2004 10:26 pm
Cumbria
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