Originally Posted by
K20_hisatch
612 hp and 294 torque is good for a FWD think about it you get past your torque curve so your not breakin the tires loose at lets say 120 on 24 inch slicks like 600 torque would at high rpms in a fwd per say. I only have 146 ft pds of torque- its more then enough with the gear i have for the tires to hold the pavement in 2nd, you ride bikes zero why dont they have like 600 ftpds oh yeah they dont need it.
My thing is that I like for things to be well balanced.... and personally, I think if you're tuning to have the highest hp number to show off, you're tuning wrong. If you could tune for 500whp and 200ft-lbs, or 390hp and 350ft-lbs, theoretically, which one do you think the average person is going to want? ...and it's not because of traction issues that they would pick the higher hp and lower torque. It's because people want to brag about making a million useless horsepower. I just like balance, that's all. Sometimes it's not possible, and I'm not saying the best tuning is balanced tuning.. I just think it's a lot easier to make a high peak horsepower than it is to make real torque.
Besides, isn't the S2000 RWD?