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Originally posted by Kung Fu Joe:

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I guess I'm just one of the only skeptics who doesn't believe in the "top end pull" of the SVT. I have yet to see it.

-R-

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Same here. No stock V6 of decent size has "top end pull". Our engines are torque monsters compared to the screamers from our Japanese friends, but they will put a hurtin' on almost any domestic motor larger than 2.0L when it comes to revving to the sky.

I figure that's a reason cars like the Toyota Celica and Honda S2000 tach out up there at 7800 and 8200 (respectively) but any Duratec spinning at 8200 would be an invitation for pistons to shoot into orbit.