Originally Posted by
Eluzzionz
ok thats 350hp....if i had 350whp..come on now
im not sayin that turbo wont be faster over all..im buildin a turbo motor myself..lookin for 350whp...im just sayin..if two hondas with the same weight tranny suspension etc..and one was 230whp turbo and one n/a..in the 1/4mile i think the n/a will take it..even if it has a lot less tq..
while i think you make a good point, it comes down to the fact that the turbo car will have more torque, and what torque does is increase your acceleration.
so the car with more torque will have a higher RATE of acceleration, and therefore, will go faster, with the same gearing/weight/etc.
its a similar concept to having a light flywheel and underdrive pulleys and whatnot, they dont actually increase your power, but reduce your rotational intertia, so your engine can increase its RPM faster. torque has the same affect, but from the opposite direction: it increases RPM.
the equation is (torque) = (rotational intertia) X (angular acceleration)
so if you increase torque, and rotational inertia stays the same, angular acceleration increases.