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Originally Posted by shiv@vishnu
Turbo engines will always have a bell shaped looking torque curve. Sounds unfortunate until you realize that the bell shape occurs from having having heaps more midrange torque than an equivalently powered naturally aspirated or supercharged powerplant, and not from having less torque above 6000rpm. It's nice to drive a car that makes peak power 1200rpm short of redline 
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I agree that bell shaped is normal, but this seems like more of a lop-sided bell than most I'm used to seeing. Like almost flat from way down low until ~5.8K or so, then steep drop. To your point, though, I AM way more experienced with NA engines than FI. Thanks for the clarification.