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Originally Posted by Slickcas
I think most people are missing the point of the new motor. It's not about MAX power at the perfect RPM. This Motor is clearly not set up for that. But what GM created is a motor that puts out very impressive torque numbers in the lower RPM range. And still has the ability to put out a lot of horsepower and the Upper rpm range. Something that the LS3/L99 does not do.
A vehicle with the new LT1 even if it had the same MAX HP as a LS3 would be significantly faster. As the LT1 is way more power under the curve.
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That's mainly due to the direct injection used on the LT1. It's the same as the v6, if you look at the dyno graphs the Tq is flat ...