IN GEAR POWER OR STRAIGHT FORWARD SPEED

[boyracer666]

many people on here have a 1.6 or above, so to u i am asking, wot is more important to u, being able to accelerate hard in every gear and get top speeds and quickest 0-60 or the fact that the engine gives in gear power to accelerate if needed?

lots will say quickest speeds which i do enjoy but on a general use, ive found with my 2.0 that i value more having in gear speed

opinions please...

Jay

 

[wonders]

Top speed dont interest me,if yours car pulls hard in the mid-range its more usefull on a decent a-road.I always like to see how strong the pull is in 3rd gear to compare cars.The willy is pretty gud in that respect.

 

[boyracer666]

yea fair comment

 

[CUP80Y]

4th gear was the gear I loved in the Cup - it just pulled quickly all the way to the red line!!! Felt better than 3rd in a lot of other cars ive driven!! LOL

 

[Nick Read]

You kind of cant have one without the other. A car that pulls well through the gears will have a decent top speed anyway. Something that struggles most of the time is not going to have a whacking great top speed. At least not if its a normal car.

The sort of compromises that youre talking about here tend to be things that worry you if your car is fairly small engined and short geared to compensate. A 2.0 litre is big enough not to really have to worry about it.

 

[boyracer666]

yea true-didnt really think about the topic wen started it

but u can buy cars that dont go fast fast but do have in gear speed, mainly diesels mind u

 

[edde]

Id say in gear acceleration having loads of power which is unusable in day to day driving is a waste.

 

[Lunner]

I owudl much rther have the acceleration rather than the high top speed, lets face it just how often are you going to go over 100? Most 1.2s will do 100

 

[Clio1400]

Not a Clio, but have you ever driven a Volvo T5 ?

Awesome in gear acceleration, especially to the redline in 3rd and 4th!! I should be picking up an S70 T5 later this week. 240bhp & 330NM as standard It does 155mph and 0-60 is done in 6.8s mmm!

Im sorry its slightly OT, but Im excited



Clio1400

 

[wonders]

Yeah my mums got an 850t5, ive had a go in it a couple of times,your right about the mid range ,breaks a ton in 3rd 2.

 

[Chris n nic]

Definately in gear. As CUP80Y says, 4th gear is a very good gear, from 80/90 all the way to 125 it pulls really well and if you havent won by then , it aint really worth keeping going.

Chris

 

[jabba]

Quote: Originally posted by Nick Read on 15 March 2004


You kind of cant have one without the other. A car that pulls well through the gears will have a decent top speed anyway. Something that struggles most of the time is not going to have a whacking great top speed. At least not if its a normal car.

The sort of compromises that youre talking about here tend to be things that worry you if your car is fairly small engined and short geared to compensate. A 2.0 litre is big enough not to really have to worry about it.





u can have one without the other new rx8 apparently has sh*t in gear accelaration as do v tecs they go when thrashed to the full rev range but low down in the revs the torque is sh*t (similer to a valver) a turbo motor will develop peak torque at about 3000 revs and will have the same level of accelaration till it redlines makin it not only a beast but a pleasure to drive and that is in gear accelaration vs top whack. my 5 has good in gear accelaration but has a sh*te top speed!