Erkkk :hmmmm:Example let us compare supercharged Toyota 1.6 4AGZE vs Honda 1.6 B16A VTEC.
4AGZE power is 168hp at 6400rpm n torque 210nm,
while B16A has 174hp at 7800rpm n torque 150nm.
Looking at hp, B16A is slightly better, but looking at torque, B16A is hopeless,
but during drag race between near stock engine, B16A will win more than 4AGZE, why?
Coz B16A horsepower is better than 4AGZE, so it has more pulling power,
eventhough its torque is very low.
And look closely as its max power rpm, due to its low torque, B16A need to rev much higher to match power on bigger torque engine (refer equation above).
oo~ No wonder I feel more comfortable when uphill compare to B16 la...that is drag race, in a uphill touge car, b16a may not perform well vs a high torque car. so both has pro n con
Genting taxi's are SR20's meh? I always thought they were GA16's... Since when did sentras come with the 2.0 engine here in Msia? Correct me if im wrong.hehehehehe, b16a if powerful 1600cc if compare to most 1600cc.....BUT not the most powerful yet. when a single driver is inside, it can run pretty fast. but if full passenger, try race uphill with genting taxi aka b13 with sr20 and see who win :P
but to be frank, b16a in realife only puts about 120whp.....170hp is the brochure
maybe is the deaftening vtec sound give the uuuumpph to the driver feeling like f1
continental car will win on top speed and long distance but not on acceleration..haha, lets back to the topic....for me i strongly believe high torque car will always win. for example a 2000cc continental has 200nm torque from 1500rpm onwards to 6000rpm but only has 120whp, but it will smoke b16a for good. and it will cruise 200kmh around 3500rpm, wherehence a b16a will be doing very high rpm at 180kmh n canot maintain that speed more than 45 minutes coz it will heat up.
in this point of view, high torque is more important.
mivec max torque oni in narrow powerband but b16a torque is wider powerband. 92mivec can produce 17kgm torque compare to b16a 16kgm torque. mivec can produce 17kgm torque but oni at narrow powerband, b16a produce 16kgm torque at wider powerband . tats why vtec can all the way tarik from 5500 rpm to 8500rpm wen vtec on. mivec 6000rpm hp is less than b16a 6000 rpm but oni win b16a at 7500rpm. the max torque is too narrow for mivec.Well~ let compare with Mivec 4G92 where produced a pretty 180hp, but Vtec only B16 was produced 170hp. In the end, 4G92 Mivec will still always lost to Vtec B16 le...
1 IS 4WD 1 IS 2WD. 4wd can easy use all hp wen pickup from zero but oso the most suffer powerloss in tranmission.continental car will win on top speed and long distance but not on acceleration..
b16a will reach 180 faster than continental car..
unless if you talk about alfa or fiat..it different story
if bmw, blacktop accelerate faster.(based on my previous experience)
power to weight ratio..
there are some guys at kedah..
evo vs bmw328
10km long race
evo accelerate faster
but bmw wins