railstaff:
Always found it strange how ERF quoted conservative power and torque ratings.Only seemed to apply to the ■■■■■■■ powered vehicles.Take the CM snippet above,quoting a Euro 1 N14 500 Celect at 1500 lbs ft that was a genuine 150 lbs ft short of the official ■■■■■■■ calibration.Same thing applied to the Euro 2 N14 525 Celect plus quoted by ERF at 1650 lbs ft,yet the ■■■■■■■ calibration was 1850 lbs ft.Quite strange me thinks.
I have an interested article from CM (26th Jan - 1st Feb '95) called Heart of Gold. It says that the E14:465 was introduced in 1990 with the STC-controlled 465 giving an installed rating of 429bhp. ERF only sold two and they dropped this option in Feb '91 as they were about to introduce the new electronically controlled ■■■■■■■ ‘Celect’. Robert