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Old 04-30-2017, 01:36 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by Gords_zenith View Post
it depends on the displacement of the engine to determine what's lugging. For example my ford ranger 4.0 SOHC is happy to putter at 1K rpm, but the BRZ is a lot happier to be no less than 1600-1800rpm. This is the rpm that will allow you to accelerate, albeit not aggressively

My two cents.
Displacement has little to do with it. It is more in the gearing. Yes a larger displacement may be able to go a bit lower since it does not make power through revs but it still needs that minimum based on gear.
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