Originally posted by kerrychin:
Originally posted by Cool Blue Mystique:
3.1 V6, 140hp, 225 ft/lbs of torque, compared to 2.5 V6 170hp, 165ft/lbs of torque...yes, it hauls more than the Mystique on the freeway, Ford needs help in the torque dept...

Dude, it's 135 hp and waaaaaaaaay less than 225 ft/lbs of torque.


No, he was correct on the 140hp figure, although the 3100 never made 225 ft-lbs. According to C/D, R&T, Edmunds, and Trader the version he has was 140/180 which is quite respectable for a GM pushrod V6 from the 80s/ early 90s. Still if it is outperforming the mystique at freeway speeds you need to get your Mystique looked at (I am not slamming here, I am quite serious, you may be experiencing the same secondaries problem I had, which turned the car into a freeway turtle. After I got the secondaries working correctly the difference was almost scary)

Obviously I was poking fun earlier about the dash and steering wheel but really the car is not as fast as you are saying.

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