I've heard that WRC rally cars have their power limited to 300 BHP, but can...

10-18-2007

...have as much as 600 ft/lb torque? I've tried a few Google searches to find out if this is true and if it is, how do they do it?
I haven't found anything that answers my questions. Does anyone know of website(s) that give this information? If so the link(s) would be greatly appreciated.
Edit mistake; Should have written ft.lb, not ft/lb!

10-18-2007

I guess they say that, but I don't beleive that's near possible because of the fact that most WRC rally cars are 4 cylinders. Because of that, it's hard to have a higher torque output than horsepower, especially in that 2:1 ratio.

10-18-2007	#1 (permalink)
Ftumpsch Guest Posts: n/a	I've heard that WRC rally cars have their power limited to 300 BHP, but can... ...have as much as 600 ft/lb torque? I've tried a few Google searches to find out if this is true and if it is, how do they do it? I haven't found anything that answers my questions. Does anyone know of website(s) that give this information? If so the link(s) would be greatly appreciated. Edit mistake; Should have written ft.lb, not ft/lb!

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ichweissallez Guest Posts: n/a	I guess they say that, but I don't beleive that's near possible because of the fact that most WRC rally cars are 4 cylinders. Because of that, it's hard to have a higher torque output than horsepower, especially in that 2:1 ratio.