RE: hp, torque, and autox

["Kit Wetzler" <kitwetzler@mindspring.com>]

> I'd guess a optimal 0-60 run would require a clutch dump around
> 3500 RPM (just a guess, I could be wrong).

well... a drop at 3500 rpm gave me a 0-60 run of about 7 seconds.  :)  It
took dropping at 8000, and that got me more like 5.5 or so.  Still, I really
only tried that once or twice to get the numbers and then gave up...

> It looks a lot like the water cooled V4 4-cam 748 cc engine in my
> Honda Magna, which has relatively flat torque from 3000 to 9000
> RPM, but is weak from idle to 3000.

same engine in the VFR-750 of the same age?

        -kit
        97 m3  (5.2 0-60 with not much clutch drop at all)