[Richbot]

A 1000rpm idle would be fine with me. Stalling wouldn't, poor step-off or poor sub-3000-rpm power delivery wouldn't.

It has to be able to still be a tractable, stop-and-go traffic daily-capable engine for me to be interested. I don't have the DCT to cover up the engine's recalcitrance if it doesn't want to be a normal car engine when its' time to normal car things

I think that's where the 4.4 would come in to give bit more oomph and help it along where it might nto be happy with wider throttle openings at low rpm - that's where I drive half the time - below 3k - and I'd rather have the drivability than the bananas 7k-redline. Appreciate the continued input on how this is going and how the car behaves. Would love to haer your impressions on how your setup behaves in everyday situations like that.

And that video never, ever gets old.