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Originally Posted by fazm
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Is it just me, or does this seem like a very steep torque curve (only 70% of peak torque at 2100 RPM??). Even if this is an accurate dyno run, the 5.0 doesn't seem much stronger at the low end than the 4.6 was, and doesn't really start to produce more than the LS3 until almost 6000 RPM, so as soon as you hit that power, its time to shift, and it falls way off. The 5.0 may be slightly faster at the track than the Camaro, but I'd bet the spread won't be nearly as much as that HP number suggests it would be.
It'd take the Camaro's low end torque over the 5.0's high end power any day. Driving on the street, the 5.0 probably won't feel nearly as powerful as the dyno says it is. For normal daily driving (99% of the time) I'm just not running in that 6000-7000 RPM range, so I'd never actually "see" that power at the end of the line on the graph except on rare occasions. You can beef up a car on paper all day long, but ultimately how it feels as you drive it is more important.