the lower bhp of the new engines will be mitigated by the more aggressive first gear. The Roadster engines not especially torquey and develop their best high up in the rev range. Lorne
The specifications for the Roadster II are up on the Company site. They show a bhp drop to 204 bhp or approximately 11% from the information given on the Roadster I.
In fact, this is not a steep a drop it looks from the brochures. It has recently come to light that the Works made an innocent error and over-quoted the Roadster I's horsepower. In fact, the Roadster I was/is 212 horsepower and therefore the drop is only
3.75%.
This will make the new (and more robust) final ratios even more noticeable.
Lorne
