I don't even try anymore, going to the drag strip has taught me one very important lesson about my R - I make my power at the end, most v8, will beat me out of the hole, but usually by midtrack, I'm winning - when I hit 80-90 mph, and after that I'm spanking - I've beat a lot of powerful fast v8s in the very last stage of the 1/4, when they are out of their powerband - and I am in VTECland, oh sweet RPM!!!