Hold the phone....! I'm gonna side with you this time willrun.... LOL! It's because of that very important qualifying phrase that you inserted: "...in the 1/4 mile...". Application, application, application.....where do you need the torque band, and how wide and high do you need it. Drag racing and tractor-pulling are off in their own special corner of the performance map, and pumping fuel-air into the engine as fast as possible is most of the battle there.