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Another thing to think about is rear end gear ratios. Higher ratio is referred to as lower gearing (geared down) and lower ratio is referred to as higher gearing ( geared up)... nice and confusing! Okay now look the bigger/higher the ratio the quicker you will get to speed, but for a trade off. Here's the trade off you may get to speed sooner, but your top speed will be reduced & gas mileage be affected. On the other hand running a lower ratio will enable higher top speeds & gas mileage, but sacrifice how quick you get up to speed. This is where torque is affected.
BTW the tire diameter will affect speed too. By increasing the diameter you can pick back up some top speed or in reverse by reducing tire diameter.
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