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Originally Posted by Thor142
The problem is to get the big fat low end torque curve you need displacement. OHC is bigger just because you have all the cams sitting on top of the heads so it's tough to make a 6.2L DOHC fit into anything. They do however breathe way better and spin safely way higher. So naturally the powerband is in a different part of the RPM range. It seems if you want to keep an engine N/A you have two choices. Big displacement or big RPMs
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I wonder how the mid engine layout impacts engine packaging. They might be able to fit a larger displacement DOHC engine in a mid engine Corvette.