Why does everyone still think it's a bid deal when a turbo car is "underrated" from the factory? Has anyone noticed the trend here with turbo cars?
Let me help some of you understand.
Turbo cars can vary significantly according to conditions and how the auto is built to perform, ie; ecu programming, hot days hurting the i/c and how much it affects it, etc, etc, etc. Also, the more powerful the car, the more each variational percentage has an affect creating an even larger hp spread.
Therefore, the factory gives a kind of "worst case" scenario figure. This protects them from any "false hp advertising" backlash and whatnot.
There ya go. That's the super quick explanation.