HP vs Torque

myredracer wrote:

wilber1 wrote:
Could be. I know the Fiat 124 Spyder that came out in 66 had belt driven DHOC's.

After moving from Ferrari, Aurelio Lampredi designed the 124 twin cam, based on an existing SOHC Fiat block. The belt-driven engine was extremely successful and had a long 30 year production run including use in race cars. Competitors like Alfa had chain driven DOHC engines which were more complex and harder to work on. Anyway, longtime Fiat enthusiast here... Have a couple of 60s Fiat Abarth projects in the garage. Both engines will produce substantially more HP & torque than original. Small bore engines are fun to work on to squeeze the most HP & torque out of them. :)

I had a 124 sedan with the 1600 twin cam. Body was a bit of a tin can but the mechanicals (engine, transmission, brakes etc) were pretty sweet for their time.