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Old 10-06-2003, 01:07 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by hightcn
wait so coming out of a corner to accelerate has nothing to do with power/weight?
acceleration depends on torque, speed is horsepower dependant. If anything, an 850Ci should have an advantage when it comes to initial acceleration out of a corner (for the first second or so). However, through the corner the car is still going to be much slower, so if you're doing 2/3 of a mile per 1 mile covered of twisties, then corner acceleration isn't that important.
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