Thread: Inline vs. V6
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Old 08-06-2003, 08:03 AM
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Originally posted by scargo70
We want the engine to be spinning fast and the final drive to be spinning slow if we're going to have huge force amounts available.

But doesnt this makes a car like this tiresome to drive eg the Honda S2000.

It would seem to me that you want your power(torque/hp) down low so you dont have to rev the engine to get going or keep going. I guess this is the difference between Big V8 and smaller engines. [/B][/QUOTE]

It can make the car tiresome to drive, and that is why engineers have tried to make engines that produce torque at low rpm as well as high.
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