VTEC_CBR
Senior Member
So I was bored and went to the Ariel Atom website and I was building an Atom to my specs, I have a question between the 2.0 Ecotec motor and the 2.0 k20 motor. In supercharged form both put out 300bhp, but the Ecotec puts down around 250 ft/lbs of torque and the Honda 163.
Granted they didn't have a dyno sheet to show the torque curves or anything, but my question is this, with a car as light as the Atom, is the lack of (presumably low end) torque detrimental in the Honda one as opposed to the Ecotec one?
Would the Honda one rev higher and probably have more of an F1 feel to it?
Why is there such a big torque difference? Supercharged you'd think it'd put down at least 200 ft/lbs of torque.
I'll take either one in carbon fibre please
Granted they didn't have a dyno sheet to show the torque curves or anything, but my question is this, with a car as light as the Atom, is the lack of (presumably low end) torque detrimental in the Honda one as opposed to the Ecotec one?
Would the Honda one rev higher and probably have more of an F1 feel to it?
Why is there such a big torque difference? Supercharged you'd think it'd put down at least 200 ft/lbs of torque.
I'll take either one in carbon fibre please