Having no proof, but having an SVT and having driven a couple hundred miles last weekend in a '99 MTX SE Sport, I will say it FEELS like the the SE has its peak torque lower.
There was rarely a need to take the SE much over 3k RPM, and in fact I when I did I felt like I was abusing the car, a feeling I don't get in the SVT until about 5k
.
The SVT has a relatively flat torque curve, where it seems the SE has less torque (which it does) but an earlier peak. Why
wouldn't they have different curves? They share an engine but are tuned very differently and have a number of different parts. (headers, cams, flywheel, radiator, water to oil cooler, injectors to name a few)
The SE also has a much lighter feeling and earlier grabbing clutch which unlike the torque curves, did catch me off guard. I thought it was rather icky but that is just my opinion after being used to the SVT.
-CtrAltDel
Originally posted by Officer Cartman:
Originally posted by AirKnight:
[b]Not necessarily true in autox. I remember last year at SZ2001's autox, average time for non-SVT's are faster than SVT's. Most likely because non-SVT's are lighter and has peak torque at a little lower rpm range. Not really sure why though.
More than likely, it was the driver..[/b]
