[robchalmers]

sorry lads, I know load isn't proportional to throttle, i think my brain wasn't fully connected to my fingers when typing out my reasoning . from the Bgraphs you can see the sweet spot for each graph around round the 1500-2500 range. what I was trying to explain was its not ALWAYS great to grab the next cog as early as poss. Take the 2.0l zetec graph



the way i was taught to read Bgraphs is that at 245@2000you produce 145nm-ish of torque but if you're running 1000rpm you need to be putting in 320g to create the same 145 nm-ish of torque. Now its been a few years since doing thermodynamics so if I've got that wrong please tell me so i don't look too much of a idiot!