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1. Those engines don't have their max torque values at their red-line engine speeds

2. The max torque values tell you nothing about the shape of the torque curve, or to put it another way, the "area under the torque curve".

 

1. no but their redlines dictate the gearing (in a simplified model)

 

////using hypothetical cars as examples not 430 and tt

if you have a 8500rpm, car that goes 310km/h at top speed redline, and a 6600 car that also goes 310 kmh at top speed redline,

asuming they have same tire diametars, it is safe to asume the 8500 rpm car has a 1.288:1 gearig compared to the 6600 rpm car. in other words, to compare the two engines you first would have to put a 1.288:1 gear ratio on the 8500 engine to have comparable torque curves! and only then can you compare the torque curve area..---this is all a very simplified model, asuming both cars have same gear ratios, and same mechanical loses, and run on same tires

 

in reality, torque curve figures are only important in the last 30% of the revs becasue thats where the engine revs most at during acceleration 

 

ps.if someone want to seriusly study the torque torque curves/differences, all the info they need is tire size, redline speeds for different gears, and the original torque curve, all are provided by AMS i belive