[Spartan268]

Originally Posted by GuywithL86

It's not really the engine size to powerband relationship, it's the pushrods vs dohc relationship. Dohc is better in every way to pushrods in regards to powerband.

It's not the powerband that makes the small block gm so legendary, certainly not.

It's the efficiency, cost, weight, size, reliability, and total hp. If you factor all those in you could argue it's one of the greatest motors ever created. You take the same size motor and make it dohc, it will wreck the small block gm in the power department and power band.

Also having owned a coyote, an l86, and renting a camaro ss, I can say without a doubt the coyote is the superior sports car motor in regards to powerband. The only reason the lt1 works so well is because the chassis of the camaro and vette does an amazing job of putting all that torque to the ground. The difference in traction between the mustang and camaro and what happens when you put your foot to the floor from a standstill is just amazing. The camaro pulls so much harder from a stop. Get out on the open highway though, and the mustang feels just as fast, by comparison it feels like the camaro has a truck engine and completely runs out of steam up top. IMO best mods you can do to the lt1 allow more breathing up top get rid of the downward torque slope from 4500+

Coyote swap into a Camaro sounds like what you're getting at :P