Originally posted by Integrity
Its not that simple. You can just as easily say, less weight = more acceleration.
Torque is nothing without RPMs. Torque figures are no more significant than horsepower figures.
That isn't entirely true........some cars need rpms to make torque. Generaly, these cars are poor contenders on oval tracks or hilly, tight road courses. I said this above in another post: you can't run at high rpm everywhere. V8 power doesn't need high rpm to put out power. Same with the 350Z, it has decent acceleration down low as well.
With oval track racing, which bears a lot of similatities to everyday driving in the sense that you use low rpm mostly (everybody doesn't run stock street cars at 6-8000 rpm very often) you simply can't get by on RPMS alone.....it just doesn't work.