Because whilst the torque curve in itself doesn’t matter, the power curve does - Peak power isn’t important, its how much power its making on average whilst accelerating, so a peaky NA engine making 200kw might only make 140kw on average during a 0-60 run (because it doesn’t spend the whole time at peak power RPM) but a 200kw turbo might make 180kw average, (as it is making more KW in the midrange than the NA motor.
When its accelerating, it looks at how many KW are being made at that moment, (and looks at the gearing) to work out how much torque the wheels get and how hard the car is accelerating at that moment
Trouble with all that is. Torque is an actual number, power is derived from torque and RPM. Torque matters because when combined with rpm it determines power.
Yes, but the point is, more torque isn’t better, more power is better and you can make that either by more RPM or more torque.
When people say you need torque at low RPM what they really mean is you need Power at low rpm (but the only way to make that is with lots of torque, yes)
Lol! Run parallel to the limiter… I guess this is possible if and only if: a) torque and power are falling off, and b) torque is on a different scale than power
