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      07-25-2013, 06:12 PM   #48
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Originally Posted by aajami View Post
Hi Boss330,

I appreciate the thoughtful feedback! It's certainly interesting to see the science behind it.

Per my original disclaimer, though, I was referring simply to the emotion of driving a high-revving engine vs. driving one with a lower redline. Or put another way, when I had my S2000, there was a world of difference between how the car felt and sounded (and how both made me feel) when I would hold the RPMs at 7,000 vs. when I'd hold them 8,000 and at 8,900. The same goes for the M3: 7K RPM feels a certain way -- and 8,000 feels like something else altogether.

Source: My unscientific brain.
Which is why I was surprised by the article I found, because my brain functions like yours... Not sure how big a difference 7700rpm vs 8300rpm will be though. And it's a 6cyl vs 8cyl, so totally different frequencies as well (8cyl has 1 more combustion per revolution 8/2 vs 6/2)
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