Torque curve – an education…

bsims

Because 369 x 3000 isn’t as much as 260 x 15000?

Weight ratio and gearing aside the F1 engine produces less torque more often, so does more work.

I know buddy, I was just pointing out the “torque wins races” comment is silly 🙂

“I know buddy, I was just pointing out the “torque wins races” comment is silly”

Yeah, the guy who said it should have stick to shovelling chicken shit…

https://youtu.be/Cfu7aLElMHU

suburban

“I know buddy, I was just pointing out the “torque wins races” comment is silly”

Yeah, the guy who said it should have stick to shovelling chicken shit…

I can’t watch the vid for some reason, I assume from the title it is claiming either Enzo Ferrari or Shelby said it, I have also heard it attributed to a number of other people over the years.

But no matter who actually said it, it’s still a silly quote as a few people on this thread have explained already.

where’s part 2?

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bsims

Because 369 x 3000 isn’t as much as 260 x 15000?

Weight ratio and gearing aside the F1 engine produces less torque more often, so does more work.

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I know buddy, I was just pointing out the “torque wins races” comment is silly

I assumed you did (the picture gave it away!) I was adding further comment uneloquently.  I read the quote was from Shelby after he had created the Shelby 350 (with Ford?) so was a marketing soundbite.

When referring to the low down torque of a performance diesel vs high revs of a performance petrol I read someone comment, that the latter was like fantastic sex which gets better until climax and the former was like premature ejaculation 🙂

Is that why diesel has been popular at Le Mans because you can go longer on the same amount = less fuel stops?

No, the gist of it was that there were different rules for petrol and diesel engines.

Basically Diesels win because they’re allowed a much more powerful engines. They’re not inherently more powerful (anyone can see they’re not, just imagine a drag race between a 2.0 NA petrol and diesel, or two turbo charged equivalents at the same boost pressure), but they’re built to a different set of rules regarding boost, capacity, air intake diameter, etc. Which for the last decade have massively favoured diesel.