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From: The Debacler on 28 Sep 2009 11:23 Trying to top the poll of the most boring or stupid question.. How powerful does a car need to be to push you back in your seat I seem to remember the acceleration from a friends Vauxhall cavalier 2.0 16v was when I first noticed it(which was about 130bhp). I guess higher torque causes the sensation more than higher revving lower torque cars? Or is it more about delivery Turbo instead of NA? Debacler
From: Bod on 28 Sep 2009 11:27 The Debacler wrote: > Trying to top the poll of the most boring or stupid question.. > > How powerful does a car need to be to �push you back in your seat� I > seem to remember the acceleration from a friends Vauxhall cavalier 2.0 > 16v was when I first noticed it(which was about 130bhp). I guess > higher torque causes the sensation more than higher revving lower > torque cars? Or is it more about delivery Turbo instead of NA? > > Debacler > > > When I had my Opel Monza 180hp,that gave you quite a pull. I would assume it's mainly down to BHP, but there must be more to it than that. Bod
From: fishman on 28 Sep 2009 11:35 On 28 Sep, 16:23, The Debacler <jameswoolford2...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Trying to top the poll of the most boring or stupid question.. > > How powerful does a car need to be to push you back in your seat I > seem to remember the acceleration from a friends Vauxhall cavalier 2.0 > 16v was when I first noticed it(which was about 130bhp). I guess > higher torque causes the sensation more than higher revving lower > torque cars? Or is it more about delivery Turbo instead of NA? Power to weight ratio is the most important factor.
From: Bod on 28 Sep 2009 11:57 fishman wrote: > On 28 Sep, 16:23, The Debacler <jameswoolford2...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> Trying to top the poll of the most boring or stupid question.. >> >> How powerful does a car need to be to �push you back in your seat� I >> seem to remember the acceleration from a friends Vauxhall cavalier 2.0 >> 16v was when I first noticed it(which was about 130bhp). I guess >> higher torque causes the sensation more than higher revving lower >> torque cars? Or is it more about delivery Turbo instead of NA? > > Power to weight ratio is the most important factor. My Opel Monza 3.0 pushed you back in your seat and it was known as a heavy car. It was fairly high revving though, especially compared to a mate's BMW M5. Bod
From: Mark on 28 Sep 2009 12:36
>"fishman" <spammeifyoulikebutiwontreadit(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >news:54241104-8b30-4df1->aba4-f022c54796b2(a)r36g2000vbn.googlegroups.com... >On 28 Sep, 16:23, The Debacler <jameswoolford2...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> Trying to top the poll of the most boring or stupid question.. >> >> How powerful does a car need to be to �push you back in your seat� I >> seem to remember the acceleration from a friends Vauxhall cavalier 2.0 >> 16v was when I first noticed it(which was about 130bhp). I guess >> higher torque causes the sensation more than higher revving lower >> torque cars? Or is it more about delivery Turbo instead of NA? >Power to weight ratio is the most important factor. Torque to weight really |