It'll idle below 1 grand, probably. Yes, it does make that much power that low down. Its amazing. I've seen 0-60 times in Novembers C&D, whcih they estimate at 2.5 seconds, which is wholly reasonable. I suspect it could pull a sub-10 second quarter right out of the box. If you modded it a bit with NOS, slightly more boost, and lower gears, then a quarter in the 7's could be possible, and still be streat legal!!!!
Now thats what I'm talkin' about