I was driving a mildly tweaked EF Fairmont Ghia 5L when I started driving T's through my old work, 3 ZF's and a six speed. I actually found it somewhat "Hard" I guess is the right word to drive, no instant torque like the 5L...... But once you have the spooled up and going the 5L did not even compare, expecially to the ZF! But for normal driving around town etc I found the V8 a loss less taxing but would still go for the T every time Chooka