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Originally Posted by Deslock
It's not nitpicking, or about being 100% accurate. What's on those dynos is not even remotely close to wheel torque.
As I mentioned in my last post, let's move this to PM or another thread if you want to keep discussing it.
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I was doing a similar comparison on my own over here:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...p?t=654&page=5
What I was working with is take the engine torque to weight ratio of the GenCoupe compared to a hypothetical FT86 number and then figure out what final drive ratio would give the car the same axle-torque to weight ratio per gear. (was also assuming equal diameter tires)
What I think I've figured out is that with more optimistic engine torque output and/or low weight coupled to a final drive of ~4.10:1 and smaller diameter tires, the FT86 could be very close to a first gen 3.8L V6 GenCoupe, in a straight line. In this case it would have a slight edge in axle/wheel torque but need to shift a couple mph earlier, so losing a bit of acceleration time in the lower gears (and needing an extra shift to reach 60mph), but accelerating a (small) bit harder in the same gears.