Originally posted by ATL-SVT:
Peaky tq is a HUGE asset when your biggest issue is traction. Especially when the peak is at the tail end of the power band.


I definitely do not agree with that because of varying launch rpm.
If you launch out of the power band the engine will bog badly and have to wait until much higher rpm levels before it builds boost. That kills drag times.
You can tell by the graph where it starts building boost and almost exactly where it reaches full boost. Both are far above low rpm launch levels.

Also without flat torque the shifting powerband is extremely narrow and it relegates the car to dyno only or drag only "queen" status.
Which is exactly what he was going for here. The biggest numbers he could get regardless of the power curve it generated.
For what he was going for he definitely hit on the head. It makes astounding power numbers from the 2.4L engine!!!


You are trying to defend moot points and it makes everyone's case against your mainly biased and unrational statements even stronger.

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