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Originally Posted by mikeinatlanta

Some of us absolutely love the sounds and characteristics of a race motor and don't consider them a negative, however, there is one place that big cams and light flywheels in a high revving motor will really hurt, and that is parking lot speeds. The higher your idle, the faster you have to go in a parking lot, and with a really hot motor you may find yourself slipping the clutch too much just to go a safe speed in a parking lot.

I have a big cam and my car idles at 1200 RPM to assure proper oiling for the solid lifters and valve train. I have a double disk clutch and a steel flywheel (I think it's a relatively light one). Parking lot and traffic driving are no problem at all.