Probably a Dumb 318 Question

junkyardhero said
you'll also notice the trend that the power band is narrow and peaky.

How do you view peaky ?

I looked at the hp peak numbers of those examples, 500+ rpm above and below the hp peak were fairly flat/close to the peak numbers seems fairly flat to me.

Mopar 318
RPM	HP	TQ
3,000	190	332
3,500	241	376
4,000	286	376
4,500	321	375
4,900	357	382
5,000	363	381
5,500	388	371
6,000	398	348
6,200	400	339
6,500	393	318

Junkyard Jewel 318 Power Curves
RPM	TEST 1		TEST 2		TEST 3
	Torque	HP	Torque	HP	Torque	HP
3,000	334.9	191.3	354.1	202.3	349.1	199.4
3,500	360.7	240.4	378.2	252.0	380.7	253.7
4,000	376.6	286.8	402.3	306.4	401.5	305.8
4,100	379.3	296.1	402.4	314.1	401.6	313.5
4,500	374.0	320.4	402.5	344.9	400.1	342.8
4,600	374.0	327.6	403.1	353.0	400.6	350.9
4,700	373.5	334.2	400.6	358.4	408.0	365.1
5,000	363.9	346.4	389.7	371.0	402.0	382.7
5,500	344.0	360.2	368.3	385.7	386.5	404.8
5,900	331.1	372.0	347.1	390.0	361.4	406.0
6,000	328.3	375.0	344.0	393.0	353.8	404.2
6,100	319.4	371.0	339.2	394.0	347.8	404.0