Engine Choices: What interests you the most?

Here is a question,
what does a small block totally geared and cammed for low end torque....feel like?
I know what they feel like when revved to 4-5K to make power.
I know what they feel like with mild low end torque.

I am setting up my small block with a whiplash cam, and I imagine that it will pull hard right away, like a Diesel, but never really go real fast past about 70 - 90mph.
Am I crazy for thinking this? I really don't know what to expect, and numbers mean little if you have never experienced them.

Thnaks