Thread: Whats better horses or torque?

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i would say that they go hand in hand, But a hi torque motor usually does not need to be revved as high and does not need as much gear to get things done. it also turnes on just after idle and stays on for a while. If you have a torquee 460 with 350 to 400 hp it will be a ripper in a 2400 lb car without abusing the motor much at all.
my bucket is a fat 2800 lbs with a just better than stock caddy 500 i run 12.6s in the 1/4 and with a 2000 rpm convertor 3.55 rear gears and 30 inch slicks. this is a 5000 rpm shift motor and i go though the lights at around 4500 rpm if i lost another 400 lbs off the car it would go even better.
At our track we run a open format and line up againt all kinds of cars, my 1st about 200 ft is amazing and i actually can get up on a lot faster race cars for the first part of the race this i would think is tourque getting the car up and moving
You will have traction troubles on street tires no matter what but thats the fun of it