12-24-2012, 06:46 PM
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Officially Welcomed to the 'Fest
Location: NJ
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 1,817
Mein Auto: '98 M Roadster/'09 VW CC
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Originally Posted by dtc100
The trade off of losing the N/A I6 is, there is no more smooth high revving for us. Of course with N20, high revving is not necessary. But still, a loss is a loss.
Although I don't understand what is the negative of dropping a gear at highway speed for passing. I thought it was the fun part.
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It's not. But there is large appeal to having a wave of tq without the need to downshift.
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Originally Posted by jdong
Seeing how the power drops by 10% past the peak, I don't know why you'd want to do that though.
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It might not be so simple.
Ok, so power may fall off faster in an N20. But what if the N20 has enough of a power advantage over the N52 that it's fall off at redline equals the N52 at it's peak/
Basically if you study both cars on the same dyno at the same day, you may find that between 0-7000rpms, at NO point does an N52 make more power than an N20.
I am not SURE that's the case, but before we get caughtup in power fall-off, it's something to consider.
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