Miata Mailing List: March 1997, Message #529
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Subject: re: HP or torque

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On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Dennis Wynne wrote:

>   Applying Harry's formula to some numbers I got from the Honda web page

> seems to "prove" his formula:

> 

>   For everyone's favorite -> Honda DelSol:

> 

> Model                        S            Si          Vtec                 

> Horsepower @ rpm (SAE net)   106 @ 6200   127 @ 6600  160 @ 7600

> Torque (lb.-ft. @ rpm)       103 @ 4600   107 @ 5500  111 @ 7000

> 

>   So even though the Vtec version of the motor has a LOT more horsepower it

> comes at the extreme top-end and it only has 4 more ft/lbs of torque than

> the Si motor, and it too is 1500 revs higher.  SO unless you drove the Vtec

> car all the time in the 6500-8000 rpm range the Si might be quicker (as I

> read in a car mag review).

> 

That wasn't my hp-torque formula. It probably came from Newton. 



As for the Del Sol, what you say is probably true. The Road&Track

1994 review of the Honda vs Miata said that the Miata could beat 

the Del Sol off the line for the first few car lengths, until

the VTEC got its revs up.



Besides, don't we all keep the rev's up?  :)



Harry Sue