Thread: Engine diesel vs petrol Type S
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Old 2nd May 2008, 22:07   #31 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sambuca2907 View Post
The Honda 2.2 pulls like a train when the turbo kicks in! (1800-3500 revs)
It is very very very slow then, if it is like any train I drive

So the diesel engine has just 1700rpm of usable power in each gear, whilst the petrol engine has over 4000rpm of usable power to take advantage of
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