Eco-Tourque.

Anybody familiar with Volvo Eco Tourque? Pacar has something similar as well. There are two versions. One lowers the tourque in the top gears for fuel economy. The range is 1450 to 1750. I'm old school, having started way before computer engines so I would imagine it gets annoying. The other lowers your torque in the lower gears for progressive shifting and the computer adjusts the torque in the top two years depending on demand.
I would love to hear if anybody out there has experience with it. Mainly how noticeable it is, especially crossing mountains.
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What I was thinking. I run coast to coast so I'm always crossing mountains, especially through Colorado and Utah on I-70. 2050 seems like a lot of torque. My highest option was 1750. Right now my D13 is rated at 425. I'm having an early in-frame done (770K) due to the head needing replaced because of pitting around the cups causing exhaust in the coolant. Needed a new engine harness and turbocharger so I said screw it just do an inframe for another 9 grand. I also wanted to up the HP to 475 which they said they can do with a software update to the ECM. That's when they asked me if I wanted ECO torque or straight torque.

 

Called the dealership and told them straight torque. Service manager even said that ECO-torque can be annoying if you're not used to it.

 

I just upgraded from 425 to 475 on a fresh inframe. Cost me about $400 on top of the $27,000. They asked which ECO torque packages I wanted. Once I found out what that was I told them neither.