Why do US cars have less torque?? (archive)
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Posted by Rick B on March 26, 2001 at 10:39:11:
In Reply to: Torque posted by jpherit on March 26, 2001 at 00:17:39:
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Strange but outside of the US market (i.e. Europe ) the 323 and 325 have the same Torque at the same engine speed (181LB ft @ 3500rpm, the 325 having 192hp whereas the 323 had 170hp (okay SAE v DIN etc. offsets a little of the hp difference but its still more than the US vehicle).Anyone tried fitting a Euro ECU to a US car??? Might be a cheap power upgrade if you can find one out of a scrapped euro car.
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