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Originally Posted by grimlock
The 'more torque' is false because higher torque at low rpm is still lower HP (since HP=torque*rev)
It just feels more powerful because the torque comes on more quickly.
Max HP is the only measure of power.
High torque at low RPM is good, as it means more HP than the NA at low revs, but I believe alot of these acceleration figures are fudged with launching and not from flooring the pedal, at which the turbos waste alot of time loading.
Just as diesels 'feel' fast because of high HP(torque) wrt. revs, turbos even more so because there is the 'punch' as boost comes on - but its momentary and does not pull constantly in the same way an NA does.
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Look at dynos.
What you say does not apply here as the n20 makes more torque than the n52 at any and all rpms.
On my many dyno pulls with the n20, there was also little hp fall off all the way to 6700, it seemed to be within 10-15% of its peak. Considering the nearly 40whp advantage of n20 to n52, again, rpms do not matter if the n20 makes more power low or high.