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Old 11-15-2015, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by xb-60 View Post
What Dan said.
The Coyote with variable valve timing and modern fuel injection will be the easiest to live with; it will feel like a bigger motor with quite a lot of torque at the bottom end but still the ability to easily rev to 7k.
My opinion? If you want a car for a daily driver, a Coyote engine sounds ideal (and at least it's a Ford engine), but if it's a weekend car and won't often be stuck in traffic, go with something that has a lot more character.
Back to the IM240 test....it's a real advantage if the engine in your car just needs a tick on the compliance engineer's sheet rather than having to go through the testing.....and that brings us back to the Coyote.
Another comment....don't lose sight of the fact that almost any engine will feel quite powerful in a car as light as a Cobra replica. I wouldn't get too hung up on horsepower and torque figures.

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Glen
Stock Coyote has no tq it only has 400hp
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