Momentum FTW!
Noooooooooooooooo
Not Tesco *****
You're such a cynic
Most cars will have knock sensors
Most engine ECU's will have the instruction to ****** the timing when knock is detected
Not all engines will have higher than usual compression ratios
Not all engines will have ECU instructions to Advance the timing to take advantage of higher RON fuels
Err, maybe because it was designed that way? If you look at modern direct injection turbo charged engines the torque has become quite diesel like thus top speed, acceleration and mpg have all improved over larger engines that don't have the same technology but similar bhp.
That is correct as for their size of engine and power output the last f1 engines didn't proportionately have a great deal of torque, however the cars were very light and very powerful so bhp per ton was extremely high. But then you look at today's f1 engines, 1.6 turbo v6 with ers , similar weight, have far more torque and top speeds are far higher....Just responding to '"BHP sells cars, Torque wins races.'
Torque doesn't always win races