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From the kick-off post ...
If we agree that torque is what moves you (acceleration), and HP is what keeps you there (speed) then it seems to me Torque is king and all efforts go to giving you the most torque relatively early in the RPM range (say @ 3K) and holding strong (flat or better) for as long as possible past the RPM range of 5252 ...
... if you have maximized your torque curve in that way, who cares about peak HP in a practical sense.
You will always get your "HP", HP = TORQUE X RPM / 5252, it's just that for engine building & tuning purposes, no need to pay attention to HP, let it fall out from the optimized torque band.
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