On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 08:47:11 +0000, steve <steve@thetaylorfamily.org.uk> said:

> Well, as I see it, Power = Torque x speed - unless you have enough
> of it from the engine, an awful lot of torque from the gearbox won't
> make you go any faster.

Remember that torque varies with engine revs. The 4203 had *loads* of
torque at idle, but rapidly ran out of revs.

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