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Old 04-22-2010, 07:17 AM   #51
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Originally Posted by jspaeth View Post
What you are not getting, is that the VTC only increases your torque in a part of the powerband that you would NOT use in cases where you care about going fast.

....but you are sacrificing 40-50+ hp in parts of the powerband that you WOULD use when you are trying to "go fast".

In any real "racing" situation (other than going from a dig in 1st gear, which we all spin through anyway), you will always be keeping the revs at 4000+, so the VTC stuff is not of much help.

Basically what Cody said

you do use that band in autoX and Drifting. Of which I belong to SCCA.
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