[dcb]

with an automatic trans, the jackrabbit approach seems less likely to work.

Reason being, the greater the difference between the engine speed and the transmission input shaft speed, the more losses are occuring. When you gun it in an auto, the engine immediately revs up and starts sucking more air and gas, and the transmission and wheels have not increased speed at the same rate.


The trick with an auto is finding a balance between bsfc peak and increasing losses in torque converter slippage. I think that takes some feedback.