If you change to 3rd and then finally reach 4700rpm (3rd gear @60mph) it is not full power and adding an extra gear change is going to make a huge difference to the 0-60 time.
Using 1st & 2nd gears will get you your quickest 0-60time. If you want to carry on accelerating past 60 then yes 3rd gear will be necessary, as will 4th and 5th.
Oh, and peak power is @ 6000rpm.
I was just commenting as 0-60 indeed could be done in 2nd but if u was going any faster or a 0-100 run it would be better to shift before 60, therefore slowing 0-60 down but increasing the 0-100 speed as i know on the 1/4 mile i get to the top end of 3rd. I have to change to 4th before the line because 3rd makes it, but the power band is greater in 4th than after 5,700RPM in 3rd. Its complicated to explain but the only way to truely tell is to do it!?
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