Originally posted by SonofSHO:
The SVT was a little dissapointing. It was butter smooth and wound willingly to the rev limiter, but it did not have much torque anywhere and needed to be wrung out to feel like it was moving.......... the torqueir SE felt much stronger, although was done by 6.5K RPM. It just seemed ike the SVT would HAVE to be kept buzzing in normal driving, which could get old.
That is what you should feel.
Due to its more agressive cam profile, the SVT motor gives up some torque below 5000 rpm to be able to make more above it. The SE has a fatter torque curve for around town driving. The SVT is also a little heavier than the SE and will feel slower than the SE until it's wound up above 5000 rpm.
Dueling Duratecs
'95 SE V6 MTX 0 Mods
'04 Mazda6 S Wagon
'03 Kawasaki Z1000
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