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It might be the BMW has a newer engine managment system than the 944. My 98 explorer 4.0l SOHC will almost keep up with the 944 too, because the engine and emision systems is much more sophisticated. It has SOHC, distributorless ignition, sequential injection, better MAF, 4 O2 sesnors, more sensore and certainly a bigger computer. The 944 emission systems was one of the early computerized management designs, I imagine. Does anyone know moore's law?
But I have never driven anything that sounds anywhere near as sweet as the 944 when I put my foot down. It gets my vote for port tuning, and flow management, etc.
(A 318 weighs 3500lbs?)
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