From: The Debacler on
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
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
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
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

>"fishman" <spammeifyoulikebutiwontreadit(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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>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