>Where Dan is wrong though, is that the V8 does provide you with extra power
>and torque and you will then reach said speed more quickly than in a stock
>powered car. The quickness is related to acceleration and the quicker you
>able to accelerate the more force your car is carrying and the more braking
>force is required to stop it. This is where Dan is mistaken.
Kai, Kai, Kai, what are you thinking? How does the true statement that " the
quicker you [are]
able to accelerate the more force your car is carrying" have anything to do
with STOPPING???
Stopping is stopping and going is going, and ne'er the twain shall meet. The
only way you need
more stopping power simply due to more horsepower is if you leave it in gear
and a foot on the gas
as you hit the brakes.
Now, you MAY exercise the brakes more since you MAY have a higher AVERAGE speed
even though
you never exceed the speed limit. Quicker acceleration will get you to your
self-imposed limit sooner than
otherwise. Your brakes do not know what engine is under the hood, just the
change in speed you are requesting
and the time you are asking it to be done in.
-Tony
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