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most differences between US and Euro power (m) (archive)
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Posted by fuselier on March 26, 2001 at 12:48:11:

In Reply to: Why do US cars have less torque?? posted by Rick B on March 26, 2001 at 10:39:11:

are attributable to US emissions standards. The combustion mixtures and exhaust/catalytic requirements generally hurt peak performance levels when compared to euro-tuned cars of otherwise identical specs.


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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