thanks for the education suginami. from your post the 3.2 sounds smarter. i get to 'borrow' a 93 e once in a while and i love the motor in that car.

the v6 motor in the 99 wagon vibrated a little at idle. the 90 bank angle was a compromise to minimize tooling costs and the balance shaft just did not get it in my book. the secondary harmonics where quite obvious when you got on it. i will never get another car with a v6. they suck fuel like an 8 banger and have 4 cylinder power.

(plus the balancer fell off on mine, but i think the soft rev-limiter on the newer models will cure that woe.)

the torque specs for the v6 compare favorably to the straight six, but the seat of the pants dyno tells a different story.

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