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Originally Posted by Mixer
Refuses to acknowledge pushrods and more torque and lower COG.
Uses VTEC as an example.
The only engines more limp wristed for torque than Honda atmo VTEC
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Kurosawa-san seems more than happy with the torque and drivability of his 3.2L Honda NSX Type R VTEC. It has more than ample power, and most likely would outperform the same year Chevrolet Corvette ZL1 around a race track, despite having an engine half the size:
https://youtu.be/fFcAfutQqTo?t=121
Torque is just an intermediary force applied on the crankshaft. Ultimately, it's fuel (energy) that goes into the engine, and power (energy rate) that is extracted out. Torque largely means nothing, it's possible to have large torque and zero power as the case in structural bolts in a truss.
Using a 6.2L engine to do the job that a 3.2L engine can do is just wasteful, wouldn't you say?
Far more important to have a beautifully balanced and lightweight chassis that can use all available hp, instead of spinning up the rear wheels.
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Originally Posted by djr81
On a good day I would call it a good engineering solution.
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It's ok if the racing class has no displacement limit (or if the country doesn't tax vehicles based on displacement), but most racing classes do have limits, e.g., Improved Production Up To 2L, where the Honda VTEC 2.0L is rather popular.
ACO have always been good with accommodating Corvette under the balance of performance in GTE though, but by all means the "limp wristed" 4.5L Ferrari 458 GTE was every bit the match for the 7.0L Corvette GTE, despite a colossal 35% less displacement!