Mr2MKII said:
you're right abuot one thing.....celica are way too heavy and from the first one they created to the last one they created...... but you're wrong about one thing...... physics don't work that way...... power have nothing to do with high speed (for sur it has but not that much)
corolla 2003 with his 130hp run 195 nefore the electronic cut-off and you run at 4700rpm in 4th gear..... but the speedo is locked...
as I like to say : ''torque is how far you take the wall with you and hp is how fast you hit it''
6 speeds you're right it's mostly an overdrive the last one...
you will probably hit the 230-240p/h but with that torque you really need a long straight...
test my mr2 one time with his 2.2L 140hp 150lbs/ft and hit the 232kp/h
so not that much about power
but just to say like everyone what does that mean? you own a car on the first thing you want to know is how fast you will run when you will hit a wall for the last time? come on
oh by the way the redline is a big part to know where the top speed will be.... mine stop at 6300 at 232 so maybe with the 7300-8000 (or something like that of the gt-s) you are able to go faster
Power has everything to do with top speed.
" To travel at high speed, you need a lot of power. Torque means nothing - it's all about the *power* output. Big V6 and V8 truck motors usually only make modest power for their size because they are tuned to put out massive low-down torque.
A torquey motor which can pull out tree stumps but only makes 10 horsepower will give you a top speed of Not Much. Though you'll accelerate fast.. On the other hand, how about the 240 horsepower Formula Atlantic 4AGE? (Just as an example) No useful low-down torque, but it'll give you a good top speed. Sorry I can't think of a better example of a powerful, no-torque motor.
Power is one half of the "speed" equation, the other half is drag.
Power = Force * Velocity. 'Force' in this case would mostly be the aerodynamic drag of your car. Velocity is of course how fast you're travelling.
Aerodynamic drag typically increases at a rate of "velocity squared". So, if you travel twice as fast, your aerodynamic drag will quadrouple. If you needed 60 horsepower to do 100kph, you'll need around 240 horsepower to do 200kph. (!)
Big house-shaped things like the Tacoma will struggle to push their blunt, angular shape through the air, which means they need even more power just to travel at any given speed. This is one reason why big SUVs use a lot more fuel than sportscars with the same or similar engine on the highway.
Sleek aerodynamic things like solar-power challenge cars hardly need any power at all to zip along quite briskly, by comparison.
Generally, getting to 200kph is the "easy part". Once you get past 200kph (125mph?), you start to need rediculous amounts of power to go faster. From memory the Koenigsegg is 655 brake horsepower, and it can only reach 395kph. An AW11 has only 120 brake horsepower and can almost get halfway there!"
From mr2 board.
