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Originally Posted by niky
. . . a car accelerates faster at torque peak than horsepower peak
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A car accelerates fastest (at any given road speed) with greatest torque at the wheels, which will be provided by putting it in a gear that puts the engine at peak horsepower. Do the math (or listen to a drag race).
Horsepower and torque are numerically equal at 5252 RPM.