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Old 02-09-2010, 06:21 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
I think that for acceleration, you're still best going by the best BSFC window, not lowest RPM at which you can accel without bogging.
I guess I kind of labeled the thought incorrectly. I should have said - "That has been tossed around". After posting that, I was looking around for it, and could only find general mention of it, not necessarily anyone saying that it works/doesn't work.

I'm kinda working on trying both ways, just to see if there is an obvious difference. With 4.9L of displacement when you're used to 2.4 or less, it seems almost monumentally important to keep the RPMs as low as possible, and that may not necessarily be the best way to do it.
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