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Old October 25th, 2011, 02:49 PM   #21
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I feel the same my buddy napped the throttle in his 370 and I didn't feel like it was faster. I feel like my 373 gears give my car a different feeling than his Z. he tells me his cableless throttle has delay to
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Old October 25th, 2011, 04:44 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by dirty_d View Post
Torque at the WHEELS is what wins races. And more peak hp always means a potential for more torque at the wheels. But that power is really only 100% usable if you had a CVT that could keep the engine at peak output the whole race. With discrete gear ratios the area under the power curve between gear changes is what wins races.
Torque does not win races. Once the car is moving past the 60', the engine works way past peak torque for the entirety of the pass.
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