<VV> Toyota - some Corvair

[Tony Underwood]

At 03:39 PM 8/16/2010, Dave Keillor wrote:
>More torque does not necessarily equal more horsepower.  It depends on
>what rpm the "more torque" occurs.  I do agree, though, that torque is a
>more meaningful measure than horsepower.




It's also meaningful that FI for some reason still seldom seems to 
ever make as much top end raw horsepower as a properly set up carburetor.


This has been proven time and again on drag strips for many 
years.   You wanna see the record holder in door slammer 
classes?   Look for the race car with the carb...  and NO I'm not 
talking about classes where the car's restricted to carbs only, I'm 
talking about open induction classes... which used to run FI until 
modern carbs kicked their asses which meant that everybody went to 
carbs...  even the bracket classes and modifieds that used to run 
injection are now running quicker with carbs.


But on a road course it's a different story altogether.



tony..