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Originally Posted by Brosef
it's not so much the redline people are concerned with as it is the torque curve falling off. we know it does fall off (probably starting somewhere around 6,000 RPMs). we know this both from the cartoonish dyno charts BMW provided as well as the torque figure (as an example, if the engine made its claimed peak torque figure, ~370 lb-ft., at 7,000 RPM, the engine would be making 493 hp) .
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Yes, but who is to say it isn't making that hp? I remember reading when the current model M5s came out, people were dynoing them out of the box very close to claimed crank hp, which means BMW were probably underrating the hp numbers. It could very well be the case.