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      05-23-2013, 07:39 AM   #100
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Originally Posted by ASAP View Post
what exactly is the point of a turbo motor revving to 8K? This thing better have good gearing...
The only reason to do it is if the car is faster by letting the engine rev to ~8k. This would mean one of two things:

- The engine is still capable of making more power at that RPM.

- The engine's power peak comes before 8k RPM, but the decrease in power above that point is offset by targeting a higher RPM for the next gear change.

One thing we can be sure of is that BMW will not produce an engine that revs to nearly 8K RPM at the expense of performance.
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