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Originally Posted by Tokay444
Your rate of acceleration is most certainly going to fall with every gear change, regardless of how long max power is held.
Each consecutive gear would require an increase in power equal to the same percentage of difference between each gear ratio for that statement to hold any merit, and that doesn't even take into account any drag, which increases exponentially with speed.
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Well, ignoring air resistance, the rate of acceleration will truly not drop in the new car, provided you manage to shift late enough such that the revs stay above 5500. Such is the unusual magic of having a wide band of constant peak power!
Of course, as you hold the gear and accelerate above 5500 revs, the acceleration will continuously tail off, for the same reason: constant power going through the drive train.
