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Originally Posted by 5ABI VT
That is making use of what I feel is the LT5s greatest attribute. RPM =D>
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Yup!
That and a relatively flat torque curve!
I've watched the result of the high rpm performance, and others* have noticed too that lots of cars may jump a ZR-1 at the light, but time after time the LT5s will run 'em down on the big end. As Bob G says, "Just about the time (pushrod motors) are getting interesting, you have to shift!" So many times, if the Z lost the 1/4 mile contest, it was gaining and just ran out of track.
Watch what happens at every shift the C5 makes... (I especially like the jubilant "Ha!" when the C5 lunges ahead...followed by the perplexed, "Huh???" as the Z is walking away. And then the reality sinks in: "Your not catchin' him!!")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzPPEK9Qf3M
And, the numbers seem to agree. Race results from the 1/2 mile shootout in Chicago last spring showed the LT5s - and their decades older technolgy - really took no guff from contemporary pushrod motors. The did really well!