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Originally Posted by strat61caster
A two month old rumor that never popped up here? I'm more surprised by that than anything else. 240 out of a 1.6L is ambitious, the MOPAR Abarth was pushing 200 out of a 1.4L, I'll be very impressed if Subaru can pull that off.
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Why? The Formula Atlantic 4AGE 1.6L did 240hp NA decades ago. If they can get 100hp/L in theory, that means only 8psi to hit 240 from 160. A few of the Toyota 4AGs were modeled on the old Cosworth 1.6Ls. BMW made a boosted 1.5L dropping over 1,400hp.
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Making power is easy, any manufacturer can do it. If they don't it's because they choose to pursue some other performance metric.