ORIGINAL: BudBud
The nothing beats cubic inches comes back to haunt us again... If you just go cruising through the K5.9 videos, you will catch on to the sound of them really going flat and struggling in third gear. They hit third and it takes a long time to gain rpm...acceleration is the same as gone. Glen
Editing to add a video link, this is my truck, so I am not picking on somebody else's pride and joy. The idle was a little high, the wheelies were fun, but I had to search for them. The few times I left the third gear running in, you can hear it just moaning and not picking up much speed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVCLxpFJmTs
It's weird, but true. Sometimes the smaller displacment engines just out run the larger ones. My Picco .28 screams, while my friend's Corsa .30 seems to fall short on revs. The Corsa is torquey, but once the engines start to spool up, there's a big difference. The displacement scenario reminds me of the old musclecar days. Ford's HiPo 289 was a screamer small block engine that would eat up big blocks at the dragstrip. A few years later came Chevy's DZ 302 engine option for the Camaro that would destroy those 400+ cubic inch engines at the strip as well. Ahh, the era of muscle cars. Sorry, didn't mean to get off topic, but you get the point. Bigger displacement doesn't always mean faster/more powerful.