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Originally Posted by Truck Norris
It doesn't get any more mainstream then Americas best selling vehicle of all time. The 5.0L in the F-150 makes more torque the hp. 360hp@5,500 380tq@4,250. Would you like more examples?
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Alright, I'll give you that one. And I guess with a little more thinking, I can probably come up with another example or two as well (all trucks).
I guess my line of thinking was in cars, not trucks, and more specifically, I was thinking of most of the 6 cylinders on the road today, which all seem to be in the 300 hp range, some above, but all weak on torque. You're right that they could tune them more for torque than power, but unless you are buying a pickup, that's getting hard to find.
Ultimately, where I am coming from is to say that it is refreshing that someone (GM in this case) still puts some focus on torque as well as horsepower in their performance cars, in a world where most do not. If GM wants to stick with the pushrod V8s in the Camaro and Corvette, instead of trading displacement for revs as much of the rest of the performance car world does, that's just fine with me. It gives them a unique selling point.