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Originally Posted by willy

What is the main difference Ferm?

The first ETECS have a slighly different injector to them mainly. There was the early FICHTS of 98-99, then 00 had some changes, 01 went to the bigger displacement engine, mid year 02 they went to BRP and they improved the quality control DRAMATICALLY, then by 03+ they are said to be good engines. The ETEC's actually don't get as good of econonmy as the earlier RAM INJECTED engines did as they made some injector and cylinder head changes to quieten them down that cost some economy. The late FICHTS were actually about the best on fuel of any of the DFI engines, even right there with the OPTIMAX that now rules the roost of economy. ETEC is pretty much just a marketing name for the most part from what I found. BRP came up with a catchy name sort of like FICHT was before engines started blowing up.