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      07-07-2013, 04:23 PM   #179
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Originally Posted by NISFAN View Post
No, but the point is this....any car needs a minimum amount of torque to make it driveable. The bigger the engine, the easier it is to achieve the minimum torque, and therefore more attention can be directed at getting maximum torque higher up in the rev range. If that makes sense.
Well, I am going to refrain from entering a debate about this hypothesis. But remember, due to gearing, torque seen at the wheels is many times what the engine itself produces.
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