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the lighter internals and lower inertia makes the 16v keep on delivering more when the 8v runs out of puff.
That and the larger inlet and exhaust port areas allowing better breathing at high mixture velocities - drag being proprtional to the square of air velocity- subsonic, anyway.
It would be interesting to know how the Sprint engine compares for torque with other, especially contemporary, 2L engines. However, it's worth remembering that the effect of torque, in terms of force applied to vehicle is modified by the gearing and wheel size.
Graham