LostCause

Ive been reading here allot lately and i read allot abou high and midrange torque.
My question is how can you increase low end torque?

Sorry if this has been asked already

dziuniek

slap a V6 in it? ;p

LostCause

hahaha slap in a RB25

kikcaffine

Electric superchargers! Im telling you they are the future! and a turbonator!

LostCause

heard about them
do you have any experience with those. I dunno if because its electric many people haventh been talking about them

kikcaffine

Crap stay away from them. dont live up to your user name!

LostCause

Well you mentioned it...
just wanted to know what your thoughts about them where.
haha but you made them clear ;P

draxcaliber

why does the tc need more low-end torque anyway? i mean, you get wheel spin at like 3000 rpms anyway. what would you do with more? what are you planning on doing, pulling a trailer?

kikcaffine

^ I plan on pulling a small house thats pulling a small boat...

LostCause

well ofcourse not
Ive been reading so much of people losing low end torque because of intake and header upgrades. I have an automatic. Thats why wanted to know if its that easy to lose low end torue, if its possible to gain it back

AndrewGene

I believe that a header with a 4-2-1 design will give you better low-end torque (but at the expense of high end torque). It is hard to get a good torque curve when you're N/A because if you help low-end you hurt high-end and vice versa. You'll have more power but it will just come in different places. That is the information that I have gathered.

LostCause

Well then theres a dillema.
I figure theres must be setup that can balande this problem right.
I mean this is a problem that has been discussed before.
If anyone has overcomed this please let me know

kikcaffine

You have to look at it in the ways of your driving style, do you have it in the upper rpms alot or are you keeping it down low?

LostCause

Well on and off.

I kind of dable in between. Im looking for a setup that compliments them both.
I like to drive fast but keep in mind i have an auto tranny.

engifineer

A header will give you either depending on how its designed. However I am very skeptical that most for the tC take enough into consideration. But no matter what you do with a header and exhaust system, you will trade off somewhere else. Most street car-designed header (at least those designed correctly) try to give a good midrange response for every day driving. Exhaust pulse, runner length, etc all play into this. But yo ucan design on to optimize in the range you want for your application. That is if you are an exhaust guru

If you are worried about an intake.. simply dont buy one. They gain you no noticeable performance anyway. You really wont notice a real difference either way with one (other than sound).

jiggadomino

so what can you do if you just want low end torque and don't care about high end?
Most people are just looking for better acceleration from 0-3,000 rpm. Lightweight pulleys are cool, but not for the belt.

forpinks

Don't use a "full metal tube intake", just ask Doc I about the Ghetto Fabulous 4 intake.

Just do your full exhaust and maybe respectable branded pulleys...

Mid_Life_tC-risis

There's nothing you can do to improve low-end torque short of modding engine internals. All of the breathing mods - intake/header/exhaust - improve your mid- and high-RPM power, but sometimes at the cost of low-end torque.

jiggadomino

what about getting better throttle response or acceleration?
a lighter flywheel or lightweight pulleys are the options for this?

CurbSide_Tuning

imo, light pulleys depending what other mods you have, will slow down your throttle response... cause youre engine will rev higher until the torque picks up around 3000 rpm... i like it cause it increases the high end of the power band for hi way or track racing, just imo... it all depends what your goal is