2009-05-01, 12:51 PM
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EJ205
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Reno, Nevada
Posts: 2,076
Car: 12+tires
Class: Spec.
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Originally Posted by sperry
What irks me is the general belief that EVO "make more power" because they have a higher peak hp number. A 500whp EVO can be much slower than a 400whp STi because the EVO's power tends to be less usable out near red-line.
As was touched on earlier by sybir and Kevin, it's really about area under the curve. Just because a dyno-queen EVO can make a crap-load of peak power easier than an STi can, doesn't make it the faster car. And I'm not saying that the EVO can't be tuned for area under the curve. It's just that it's much easier to make peak power numbers on the EVO than it is on the STi, which is where this incorrect assumption that it's easier in general to make more power on the EVO motor. In reality, a 350whp STi should be about as fast as a 450whp EVO around a race track because they have similar area under their torque curves.
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I am also learning from this thread. Scott, is this^^ also attributed to the displacement?or am I wrong to assume?
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