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Roger Mills wrote:
You get the best acceleration with the maximum torque *at the wheels*.
And in any given gear, this will be when the engine develops maximum
torque.


That is true of *that* gear at *that* road speed.

There can only be one road speed in one gear and at one engine speed.

Of course the rate of change of speed (acceleration) depends on the gear
in use and where the engine is in its torque curve.

But the maximum rate of change happens at peak torque. I really can't see
how so many fail to understand this very simple thing.

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