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Message: <blockquote data-quote="selespeed" data-source="post: 157482" data-attributes="member: 1388">the constant is 5252. i said beyond this amount or the "cut off", BHP takes over. you can't have linearly high torque for a car engine because of the form factor because torque = force (turbo or more displacement) * distance (stroke). there is only a finite amount of torque for an engine of a GIVEN size or CC. this explains why truck engine is big but low tech and low revv because truck is heavy. but we're talking about car here and performance cars hopefully. while weight remains low (or tried to be as low as possible), you dont need high torque (high displacement or turbo or both). for a car of specific weight say, 1400kg, there is only so much torque required to move it first but to accelerate faster, it will have to be BHP beyond a certain revv where torque flattens, it will have to be BHP. that is why i said BHP is more important. i would like to have a car with sufficient torque to move the car and adequate accleration but wiht lots of high revv hopefully beyond 10,000 rpm to go fast and this gives me power. look at F1 engines, for instance, very high revv for a small engine and very high power for a small engine! racing engines put more emphasis on BHP than torque. so, for me, give me an engine wit high BHP without too high displacement and turbo! hopefully s2000 engine dubbed the "king of head" can go beyond 10,000 rpm in the next version. BHP for me anytime! longhorn</blockquote>

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