jeremyh Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Hi all, I'm Jez, from Kent, and am looking to buy a TT sometime early next year. Currently I'm driving an 8-valve Fiat Punto Mk2 with 58bhp and have never driven any kind of sports car in my life What I was interested in knowing is not what I could beat on the motorway (I'm guessing pretty much everything) but how much higher/better the torque is on a TT than any average car, say Civic or Celica. Does the level of torque go hand-in-hand with BHP? Look forward to posting some more on this great forum Jez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJI Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 racing on the highway is not something you base on buying a new car on to be honest, but to answer part of your question then the Supra has an in-line 6 cylinder engine which provides plenty of torque. Compared to a lot of other cars which stick to 2L 4 cylinder engines. You tend to find that with the twin turbo engines that the torque figure follows the BHP figure close to a linear fashion. ie double the BHP and you're more or less doubling the torque figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Turbocharged engines have bags of low-down torque, once you've driven one you'll never want to go back to tedious NAs -Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markie Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Views above is what I have noticed aswell.. The in-line 6 cylinder on a TT has only a tiny value below its BHP figure compared to other engines such as the 4 cylinders and I think even the V6's the inline 6 has the better figures.. On my dyno the figures were almost identical. Performance: 440 BHP @ 5624 RPM 434 ft/lb @ 4310 RPM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb10supra Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 but how much higher/better the torque is on a TT than any average car, say Civic or Celica. Welcome mate....the statement above is like comparing chalk with cheese mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredm Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 how much higher/better the torque is on a TT than any average car, say Civic or Celica. Does the level of torque go hand-in-hand with BHP? Look forward to posting some more on this great forum Jez The question you ask is impossible to answer as each engine will have been built for a specific application and it's power characteristics developed according to the designers brief. The engineers who built the V8 for the XK8 were aiming to achieve different goals than those engineers building the 2JZ GTE. The Supra engine just would not work in the XK8, the buyers of XK8's would hate it. Torque and bhp do go hand in hand, they are both related. The equation looks like this bhp = 2 x Pi x torque(ftlbs) x rpm divided by 33000 Since 2 xPi is a constant this can be shortened to bhp = torque x rpm divided by 5252 torque = bhp x 5252 divided by rpm If you have one value you can calculate the other and both bhp and torque will be the same at 5252 rpm. If you look at a dyno / rolling road printout you will see both lines cross at around 5252 rpm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 When the supra was released it was known as 'the torque king from japan' and now its known as the 'the torque king from japan'. So yeah, it has a fair bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 When the supra was released it was known as 'the torque king from japan' and now its known as the 'the torque king from japan'. So yeah, it has a fair bit He he, i like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyh Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 The torque king...I like the sound of it Are there any members on here from south-east Kent with a TT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSZ Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 There are a few members up Medway area mate (inc. me but I'm N/A) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missile Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 The N/A Team are not exactly lacking touque, The N/A packs a fair old punch of g-force. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibbleyuk Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 mine had 232lbs so i was impressed with that. my cousins 300bhp 200sx had a lower figure than mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Dredge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I would be careful going from a 58bhp to a Supra TT, you may end up in a hedge lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I went from a 50bhp Saxo to a BPU Supra and I was just fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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