Hellcat said:
Would they be the Marea 2.0 20v turbo's in Brazil? If so they run on rubbish petrol (alcohol) which gives them less power. A 20v turbo should get the same power as a coupe which is around 220bhp.
Not sure what can be done with a NA 2.0 20v though.
HEHEHE, I'm sorry I've been so absent I had not seen this post...
I am from Brazil and own a 2.4 liter Marea (just recently remaped) and I must point out some wrong ideas some seem to have about Brazil's petrol and Mareas.
First of all, the Brazilian Marea Turbo has only 180BHP because of tax exemptions given to cars that fall around this power range. Secondly, with a simple remapping (it costs about one hundred pounds) the car not only reaches Fiat's coupe 220BHPS but easily surpasses it (it can go up til 260 BHP, ONLY with the remaping).
The petrol has nothing top do with it.
Another point, Brazilian petrol is just as good as any petrol (although petrol stations have been know to doctor petrol
). As far as alcohool goes, we have cars (almost half of the total car's running) that use ONLY alcohool, and I must say it far surpasses petrol not only because alcohool comes from cana de açucar (sorry, forgot the name in english - sugar cane?), wich is grown, but it also has more octanage (spl?). So, the SAME car, if it were to run on alcohool would have more BHPs than if it were to run on petrol.
ALSO, here in Brazil we have cars that run on petrol AND on alcohool, whichever the driver chooses, so I guess this sets us apart from the rest of the world on that regard. Fight as you will over middle east, we, for a long time now, don't have need or want for it's petrol
Well, as for my 2.4 marea, it has recently been overhawled, having received a full remap, a new exhaust system, and a K&N air filter, jumping it's BHP from 160 to 180...
So, say what you like about my country, but don't say we are behind yours when it comes to Marea's performance or our fuel