Your Ford egineer friend must have been responsible for all the 351W design features that somehow showed up on the LS platform. I would have expected a lot out of a Windsor designed in the late 90's as well.
I didn't say the the LS was a bad engine, I said it was ugly, much like you said the Coyote was ugly.
You did know that a Ford GT with a 3000 hp Modular engine owns the standing mile record, right?
Custom builders have been building huge power engines for decades.
I don't hate the LS engine. (I love the C7 among other GM classics) I hate the LS engine in a Ford.