[Rick Parker]

If you can actually take yourself back to 1963 and the US Sports car racing scene imagine how the newly introduced Cobra was overtaking the normally victorious Corvette crowd, they didn't know what hit them. The Cobra was about a 1000 lbs lighter, that's very difficult to overcome with any reasonable amount of horsepower increase. The American racing circuits were for the most part comparatively short straights (Riverside excluded) accompanied by a series of turns. The main advantage the IDA's provide is a significant (about 20+%) increase in torque. The increase in throttle response is outstanding, this would consistantly put the Cobras quicker off the turns. Combined with their light weight and being faster off the turns they were destined for Glory. When you drive these cars it is the torque that presses you back in the seat, the car squirts forward like a pinched watermelon seed. It's the acceleration combined with the exhaust note that seduces us all. There are faster cars but none that make you feel the same. Torque wins races Horsepower sells engines.