I looked very hard at a set of patriot when I was building my LS for the sand rail.. I decided that I would spend my money else where. My very basic LS6 ( one of the several ls engines I had) with a truck intake and a small comp cam put down to the rollers 480 Hp and 466 tq.. Through a Albines 5 speed transaxle, 934 CV's and 35 inch goodyear MTR's in the sand it was a TQ monster.
Here is what TQ can do power wheelies up the hill down the hill any where any time you want it. Stomp the pedal no clutch needed
. And before any one says well the engine is in the back.. Thats a 3200 lb car ( it was weighed on a CAT scale) it is a lot harder than you think. I lost hp with the truck intake but gained a huge chunk of tq in the mid section. Right where its needed..