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Originally Posted by Robocheme
I'm not a car guy. Why do they detune an engine? For emissions? mileage? something else?
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It's my understanding that car companies detune engines for all of the reasons that you've listed plus other things like bypassing heftier taxes b/c of emissions, production costs, HP/torque figures being too close to a more expensive car/engine, or simply because the company can make more money by offering both a detuned version and a un-detuned version for those willing to pay more.