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Originally Posted by bruce.augenstein@comcast.
In this car, max acceleration s obtained by essentially shifting right at the rev limiter without actually hitting it. Even though you're past the power peak by a smidgeon, you'll have more power after the shift in the next gear if you do this, and therefore higher average power for the duration of the run.
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Thats true for the M3 and the vast majority of cars..... simply because once you shift up to the next gear the torque at the wheels (after gearing) is nearly always less so its best to make full use of the higher wheel torque in each lower gear for best acceleration.