Import SC is around 60Kg heavier than the equivalent NA model
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- the equivalent of carrying an 8 stone passenger.
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Half the extra weight is in the E51 gearbox, so if you get a converted UK car with the C51
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'box the penalty is only 30Kg.
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For that you get an extra 21 bhp in standard form
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( i.e.
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with cat fitted
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), but a decent exhaust and a larger SC pulley kit will see you over 170bhp.
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More important than the estra power though is the massive increase in torque over the NA engine, especially at lower revs.
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Makes it a lot more flexible in use, with less need to keep changing gear to stay in the power band.
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Personally I never found the SC's handling to be compromised in any way by the extra weight, though I've never driven one with standard supension
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( mine had uprated dampers and springs, with a 35mm lower ride height
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).
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