Beta64 Neutral Newbie January 19, 2002 Share January 19, 2002 I remember when I first arrived in North America as a green horn in the late eighties, saw a big American car and out of curosity, I asked one of the local folks, "Hi there, what's the engine capacity of this car?" He answered "500" and walked away. Stumped , I pondered "No way this huge car has only a 500 cc engine" . Then it struck me, it was 500 cubic inches! That works out to be 8.2 litres! Coming from a country where most of the cars were only 1 to 1.6 litres, I found it so difficult to comprehen. Of course later I realised due to the different taxation structure and the fact that NA is a huge spanning continent, the cars have to be cheap but powerful so that the people are mobile enough to go to work like 160 km away from where they lived. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbobrick Neutral Newbie January 21, 2002 Share January 21, 2002 cc and ci are world's apart! Same as Singapore and US of A. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vr_geek Neutral Newbie January 28, 2002 Share January 28, 2002 I remember when I first arrived in North America as a green horn in the late eighties, saw a big American car and out of curosity, I asked one of the local folks, "Hi there, what's the engine capacity of this car?" He answered "500" and walked away. Stumped , I pondered "No way this huge car has only a 500 cc engine" . Then it struck me, it was 500 cubic inches! That works out to be 8.2 litres! Coming from a country where most of the cars were only 1 to 1.6 litres, I found it so difficult to comprehen. Of course later I realised due to the different taxation structure and the fact that NA is a huge spanning continent, the cars have to be cheap but powerful so that the people are mobile enough to go to work like 160 km away from where they lived.As for me, torque is king. for performance wise, having a flat torque curve is good, but sometimes, having a jagged curve would make the drive extra spicy!! Watch out for your necks though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vr_geek Neutral Newbie January 28, 2002 Share January 28, 2002 One fundamental question, If my peak torque is at 4200RPM, and my peak Hp is at 5800 RPM, to accelerate quickly, do I rev to 4200 or 5800?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbocharged Neutral Newbie January 28, 2002 Share January 28, 2002 I suppose the power will come in at 4200 and last to 5800 before kicking up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbobrick Neutral Newbie January 28, 2002 Share January 28, 2002 Power is relative to torque thus your torque peaks at 4200rpm but drops after that while the rpm climbs and multiply the power until near redline. Thus U should shift at the peak power but U'll feel the pull strongest around the 4000-5000rpm range. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vr_geek Neutral Newbie February 1, 2002 Share February 1, 2002 Hey, after changing into 4-2-1. my engine feels more revvy at high revs.... but fuel consumption of course goes up, as I gun my engine Power is relative to torque thus your torque peaks at 4200rpm but drops after that while the rpm climbs and multiply the power until near redline. Thus U should shift at the peak power but U'll feel the pull strongest around the 4000-5000rpm range. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbobrick Neutral Newbie February 2, 2002 Share February 2, 2002 Wah! Gun engine liao......scared siah Next time hear GDI Pssst Pssst up VP carpark! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vr_geek Neutral Newbie February 3, 2002 Share February 3, 2002 [;)][;)]Well, be careful.... the CAR with the smelliest exhaust in VP is here.... Wah! Gun engine liao......scared siah Next time hear GDI Pssst Pssst up VP carpark! [tongue] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbobrick Neutral Newbie February 3, 2002 Share February 3, 2002 Well, whose is that???? A or Dy? Ha! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vr_geek Neutral Newbie February 11, 2002 Share February 11, 2002 Think should be A!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbocharged Neutral Newbie February 13, 2002 Share February 13, 2002 Think should be A!! Ooi, do you think A wanna sell his VTEC sweetie? Boyd looking for one, manual! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vr_geek Neutral Newbie February 14, 2002 Share February 14, 2002 guess not.... it is the VTEC wizardry that attracted him in the first place I guess..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diver Neutral Newbie February 24, 2002 Share February 24, 2002 What is the difference between a Galant GDI and Galant VRG? I understand you own a VRG ... care to share? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbobrick Neutral Newbie February 24, 2002 Share February 24, 2002 1.8 and 2.0? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diver Neutral Newbie February 25, 2002 Share February 25, 2002 I am really not sure though ... I know the VRG is using a GDI engine as well. Just wondering if there are any differences in torque / power / performance? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prozac Clutched March 3, 2002 Share March 3, 2002 The Galant range includes the 1.8 GDI, 2.0 SS, 2.0 VR-M, 2.4 GDI and the top of the range 2.5 VR-4 Now only left VR-G... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watzup Neutral Newbie March 3, 2002 Share March 3, 2002 Hee... don't forget the ultra-rare Japan-Only SUPER VR-4 model! *cue loud colourful japanese characters expressing surprise* Anyone here who played Gran Tursimo 2 (Playstation, all trademarks here are copyright to Sony Computer Entertainment ) My "nor jium" (2 cents) ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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