By downshifting for the tight turn, we can keep the revs up where the Type R
makes power. Sometimes 8400 rpm is a good substitute for torque. Its also
possible that Ron and myself simply outdrove Joe on Saturday, but I think he's
far too good a driver for that.
Tom
Mtnman3620@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 3/22/99 8:23:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> tasmith@worldnet.att.net writes:
>
> << The Saturday course clearly favored the Type R with many straights
> including a tight first gear turn followed by a long uphill straight. >>
>
> Just a quick question from an interested observer in the east--Why is it that
> this type course (fast) is so favored by the type-Rs? Wouldn't the torque of
> the audi or eclipse beat the living daylights out of the Type R up off the
> tight corner? I don't know--just seemed a little contradictory to me.
>
> Daniel Ledford
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