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Originally Posted by timurrrr
If we're talking about 0-something acceleration (whether time or speed), the bottom half of the rev range doesn't matter at all.
As long as you have a good launch and don't bog down the engine, the revs will never be in the bottom half when you're power limited (as opposed to traction limited).
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Not really. Shifting @7300 1st to 2nd drops you @
4400 rpm. So, you are in the middle rev range where 1st gen had a bigger torque dip. No wonders why the 0-60 mph time drops from 7.0 to 6.0 seconds with the manual. People saying that it has a 20% increase in peak power (meaning 205hp*1.2 = 246hp catalog power and not 228hp) simply don't see that torque starts to fall @6500 rpm. Check the Delicious Tuning torque curve (not numbers just the curve). If engine could hold torque till 7000 rpm, then yes it would have this peak power number but it doesn't. It is what it is with the new engine. It has much better launch times, but power levels start falling after 6500 rpm.