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Old 03-01-2010, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by camcojb View Post
I've always liked "torque gets the fun started, HP keeps it going.........."

Jody
Yep. Torque gets you off the line in a hurry but if you don't have a great horse power curve the vehicle is going to slow down as the rpms increase. The L98 TPI motors are a great example of how a torque motor feels great off the line but utterly falls on its face from the lack of horse power as you keep going. Of course better gearing can help
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