However, it's
a narrow power band.
The six - speed manual's gate could have been a little tighter, as the shifter felt a little sloppy going through the gears, and
the narrow power band made for a lot of shifting.
You'll often find yourself shifting gears at lower speeds to get the engine into
its narrow power band.
A continuously variable transmission can also avoid the issues of
a narrow power band by keeping the engine running at an optimal speed.
The base turbo engine's
narrow power band, appreciable lag, and modest output (when teemed against 3400 pounds of curb weight) aren't enough to reliably overcome the understeer and kick the coupe's tail out.
Using the manual shifting does solve this as power is more than adequate when the engine is in its rather
narrow power band (4000 - 6000rpm).
Transmissions with more gears are designed for engines with very
narrow power bands, so they tend to hunt for the right gear before they can accelerate.
Not exact matches
«The
power band is so
narrow that you are constantly working to keep the engine alive.
The Jaguar is comparatively down on
power as well, with its supercharged 5.0 - liter V - 8 making «just» 550 hp and «a mere» 502 lb - ft of torque, the entirety of the latter available only in a
narrow band between 3,500 and 4,000 rpm.
Turbocharged diesel engines with turbo lag (
narrowed, exaggerated
power band intrinsic to most turbocharged engines) may display this characteristic even more markedly.
The Speed 3 suffers from far too much turbo lag for my tastes, and it has far too
narrow of a
power band.
However, the diesel's passing
power is underwhelming at highway speeds, largely because peak torque is only available between 1,750 and 2,250 rpm, a very
narrow band.
The MultiJet has a useful 350Nm of torque, delivered at 1,750 rpm, but the
power band still feels unusually
narrow for this size of diesel engine.
A
narrower spread maintains the engine in the
power band when going from one gear to the other.
You soon find yourself adjusting your driving style to suit the relatively
narrow band of
power from the engine.
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