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Old 12-19-2016, 08:04 AM   #24
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Originally Posted by parish8 View Post
To me the power under the curve argument should be left to trucks that want to tow something. I can see why they care about power at 3000rpm.

For the rest of us that want to race we are only briefly under 5000rpm. Hell even that zl1 Nurburgring video is only seldom and briefly under 5000 rpm.

For the sensation of feeling fast it is nice to be able to roll into it at a low rpm and get a rush of power without a downshift and a bunch of noise so for this more power under the curve is fun but if your actually racing someone you are going to want to pin it and get those rpms up.

Hp is what does the work and moves the car.
It's funny that you mention all of this. I read a ton of articles arguing which is better HP or TQ. I would say 7 out of 10 articles argued that HP was more important.
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