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07-24-2011, 10:48 PM | #1 |
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motor trend: next WRX based on ft86
hey, i've been gone for a little bit, but have you guys seen this?
subaru saying that the next WRX will be based on the ft86 platform, and could have a monster engine + AWD !!!! yeah!!!!! =D http://www.motortrend.com/future/fut...way/index.html |
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270-300hp out of a 1.6L....reliably? with warranty? Lasting a few hundred-thousand miles with proper care?
They have to have that engine size wrong in that article. I know tech has come a long way, but thats near impossible out of a 1.6L with today's emission/MPG government regulations, as well as making sure it'll last longer than a 20k mile powertrain warranty. Otherwise this article doesn't really tell us anything new. We already knew that the WRX and Impreza were parting ways. I added months ago it was probably to allow the Impreza to be the car IT'S supposed to be, same with the WRX. A few people were just saying "nah, just separating the name." Bogus, the Impreza has been holding back the WRX from its true potential, while the WRX has been keeping production costs up on the Impreza for years now. |
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ah lol... i kinda figured! you guys are always pretty johnny on the spot with the news for sure... haha
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But not that HP stock. 200~240 is pushing government requirement MPG & etc I would say...
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For all you naysayers yes it is very very possible for 280-300hp out of a 1.6L direct injection turbo car.
My Mini Cooper S is a 1.6L it makes 208hp/190tq, horsepower cuts out at 5600rpm and torque peaks at 1500rpm. Give the WRX a slightly larger twin-scroll turbo and it's easily achievable to make that to the crank, especially with direct injection and dual avcs. It's nothing new. Remember the 2.0 STI in JPN can put down 300s to the wheels on stock turbo, that's with old tech EJ motors with no direct injection too.
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So with that said for $25WRX or 35kSTI starting, yes it is VERY possible for the new WRX and/or STI to put that down. From a financial and engineering perspective it can happen.
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Yeah I agree with ichi on this, there is no way subaru is going to make those specs for their production cars, can they? Hell yeah, but there is little chance that they would ever consider such a wild motor... for now.
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The article doesn't do a good job of discerning what car they're talking about when it comes to that 300hp figure. The WRC car? Or the STI that's coming to the dealer lots? 250hp max I'd say for the stock STI, and thats only to keep the car respectable for the streets. Also, your hp figures on the Mini....you don't lose 40hp in powertrain loss on a fronter. I'd estimate that 220whp figures out to 230hp to the flywheel. Hell even if the cooper were RWD...that's a tiny ass powertrain, still wouldn't lose 40hp. |
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I think 300 hp is the technical limit the WRC tries to impose with restrictors and what-not. They would likely make the production version just powerful enough to be a tiny bit faster in a straight line than the outgoing model.
And much like the FT86, picking that HP number comes down to knowing the weight of the vehicle. Ugh...
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