On 30/03/2016 13:42, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:


Regardless of the gear chosen, the peak acceleration *in that gear* will
occur when the engine is developing peak torque.


No-one would argue with that.

But that only occurs at one road speed which corresponds to the engine's
peak torque speed in that gear.

I'm sure you would agree that you could more acceleration at that road
speed by choosing a different gear which allowed the engine to operate
at its max power speed. If you *don't*, please explain what's wrong with
that statement.
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Cheers,
Roger
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