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Originally Posted by Nicul15
one minute on the street the LT1 will be much less annoying. even the standard coyote leaves me looking for more with its lack of grunt real down low. a boss and voodoo would be wayyy worse. thats just my opinion, there are tons of heavier imports(e92 m3) that lack the power down low much worse then these ford engines.
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It's the same situation with my motorcycles... one is an air cooled 1200cc twin that redlines at 9,500RPM and the other is a liquid cooled 600cc I4 that redlines at 17,000RPM. Funny thing, acceleration up to 70MPH is nearly identical between the two bikes - but I know which one I'd rather have for daily riding or cruising around vs spirited riding in the twisties or track duty.
Higher RPM engines not only provide more HP, which is irrelevant if the higher torque motor is designed well; but they increase what I like to call the sampling rate of throttle position. Think of it this way - whenever you change the throttle position, besides all the electronic BS, the engine takes a few milliseconds to adjust itself to the change. The faster it's spinning and the more cylinders there are, the faster that change is registered. Your brain waits for these changes, and in cars that have a slight delay you end up over correcting for something the engine would have gotten around to... it's not a huge difference, but it's definitely there and makes spirited driving/riding a lot more enjoyable.