RaggedRides

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The L98 would hang pretty good down low, but the LT1 will keep on trucking while it falls flat on it's face. The midgetized intake runners on the LT1s worked wonders for their upper RPM power. The Tune Port cars are torquey down low and fair pretty well in shorter runs. From what I've seen, LTs usually average about half a second faster, if that.


There's slow and quick examples of either, but the edge goes to the LT1 on average.

GMmexican

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A bone stock 5.7TPI is at least a 14 second car.....so it is possible it could have hung in there with a s2k if it was stock with a bad driver

nichols92

??? that seems like a bit much . Honda/Acura puts a lot of research into every aspect of there cars. I highly doubt they are going to give up that kind of power by a poorly designed intake

JD_AMG

Wasn't displacement limited to 5L for its racing class?

And why do you think they would they want to do that?
45hp is a significant increase? Wait scratch that, the LT4 made 330hp, so 15hp is significant? GM wanted a smaller, lighter engine that was more fuel efficient for their flagship sports car. 5.7L stayed around for traditions sake.

Irunelevens

From a dig, sure. For a 5.7TPI to even stay close to an S2000 from a roll it would have to start in the wrong gear and shift early.
Don't ask me, I didn't design the car.
Yes 5 liters was the limit for the class, but I'd still argue that the DZ302 (for that application atleast) was a better engine than the 327. But I know that all you want to hear is, "You're right, nobody but idiots cares about how much horsepower they can make from a given size," so there you go.

3.8redbird

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OK to the HP/L arguement
I find TQ/L a better arguement
torque wins races
horsepower sells cars

Irunelevens

If that was true, the L98 Vettes would be faster than the LT1s . Horsepower is a derivative of torque, so treating them as completely seperate things is stupid.

3.8redbird

iTrader: (3)

True true but USUALLY the more TQ you have the more HP. Unless you have my crappy L98 intake
I guess HP/lb and TQ/lb are better ratios

Irunelevens

I'd rather have an engine with 400hp and 300lb/ft of torque than 300hp and 400lb/ft of torque. Once you start moving to higher-revving motors that make a lot of power, they're gonna make more horsepower than torque. It's not just little 4cyls.

JD_AMG

Torque [curve] to the wheel (multiplied by the gearing) wins races, [peak] hp sells cars.
LT1's are faster because they make more torque from idle to redline, not just more peak hp.

Irunelevens

And their better use of their torque... translates to more horsepower. Because horsepower is a function of torque.