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Originally Posted by KoenG
I don't believe that's any issue at all, when you shift up, you always land in the 650Nm zone and is the torque that makes you accelerate. E.g. put the car in 2nd gear and rev from 1000 up to 7200rpm, the accelerometer will follow the torque curve, not the power curve.
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That's not quite how it works...
While your statement is true for a given gear ratio, it isn't when that gear ratio is changed. Acceleration can be defined with the following formula: a=P/(mv). So for a given road speed, the gear ratio for which the engine makes the most power at that road speed, will provide the most acceleration.