If you think the SE with a 5 speed is faster than a 2000 SVT, I think there is something wrong with your SVT. We have to be talking stock for stock though. I agree with you up to about 4,000 to 5,000 RPM but after that the SVT pulls harder. I own a 2000 SVT and in my experience the SVT is a little high strung. Meaning a small problem that would only slightly affect most cars performance, affects my SVT more. I know when I clean my fuel injectors in my SVT; it feels to be a bigger difference in performance than other cars I have owned. I have no time slips to prove this. I have raced a stock V-6 5 speed SE and I was faster. If we hard to shift at 4,000 to 5,000 RPM, the race would be very close. Of course I shifted close to red line, where the peak SVT horsepower is. My SVT is stock expect for the DMD.
