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      07-17-2007, 08:18 PM   #20
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Drives: E30 M3; Expedition
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Originally Posted by devo View Post
The car suffers from the LACK of low end torque; which I assume is what you meant.

However, you don't need an abundance of torque to achieve a good sprint time, whether it's 0-60, 0-100 or the 1/4 mile.
Yes, I meant lack of torque.

And, yes my thinking exactly. If the car has the power (ability to do work per unit time) which the M3 clearly has (mainly due to its 8400 max rpm), and is geared right, acceleration should not be a problem. That's why I am skeptical of the review and would like to see specific acceleration data. Then we can debate if it's geared right and so on, but I doubt there would be a problem there. Regardless, raw torque (moment applied at the wheels) helps the acceleration, and makes the car less sensative to gearing issues, etc.
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