Chevrolet Corvette Stingray C7 Forum - View Single Post - Whats the advantage of high revs with the same power?

CaptianSam · 04-01-2008, 02:08 PM

personally i would much rather have the torquier engine at 6000 then a 9000 rpm engine with LESS torque .... torque wins races... horsepower sells cars and magazines... for a high speed circuit course you will want more hp... for a drag race you will want more torque... but for a road race you want an equal value... the torque and horsepower ratings are not as essential as the CURVE of the engine band... because if you have certian power in a range you can tune gearing for even greater performance

with a screamer you can give it smaller gears to make more torque...
with a stump puller you can give it taller gears for more horsepower...
revs get to high so you want to bring em down cuz of valve floating etc...
the stump puller gears can only go so big in the tranny...

04-01-2008, 02:08 PM	#16
CaptianSam Car Garage Drives: 350z,A4,SRT8...see sig Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: north west Posts: 830	personally i would much rather have the torquier engine at 6000 then a 9000 rpm engine with LESS torque .... torque wins races... horsepower sells cars and magazines... for a high speed circuit course you will want more hp... for a drag race you will want more torque... but for a road race you want an equal value... the torque and horsepower ratings are not as essential as the CURVE of the engine band... because if you have certian power in a range you can tune gearing for even greater performance with a screamer you can give it smaller gears to make more torque... with a stump puller you can give it taller gears for more horsepower... revs get to high so you want to bring em down cuz of valve floating etc... the stump puller gears can only go so big in the tranny... __________________ 2012 2SS RS Ordered Black on Black 6 speed Coupe Artic Lid Stripes Yes I Supercharge Everything On My Ipad Xbox McLovin1515 Ps3 McLovin1555 Current Autos:68z28,03viperSRT10,04escalade,05RangeRoverSport SC Project Autos:80corvette350-500hp 6speed,06charger S'C 6-speed posi,74Firebird400blue,69chevelle572 707 New Autos:2012CamaroSSRS,09ChallengerSRT8 Past Autos:....too many to list "i told you it was gettin' an LS3" Go down deep enough into anything and you will find mathematics. Dean Schlicter B.Sc. Hons. Mathematics