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Originally Posted by thill
Yeah, this has been going on for years. For the people who did not test drive the car, did not look at the specs or read any of the reviews regarding the power, you hopefully learned a lesson. For everyone else, you should know what you are getting before you sign the dotted line.
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If FD fanboys are any indication, the flood of newbies asking about 2JZ swap into ZC6/ZN6 will arrive sometime on/after April 2014.
But the main thing here is, people don't understand what an OEM turbo setup is for, and what an aftermarket turbo setup is for.
If Subaru wanted a specific engine output, or Toyota, frankly it's easy. But to meet the emissions and fuel efficiency targets that was laid out, that was not easy at all. That's why Toyota contributed their direct injection, because it raised the fuel consumption and emissions targets to the point where they can sell the car globally.
Aftermarket? Sure you can make great power. But no one is measuring tailpipe emissions, so a lot of the "power" being made is just stuff lost from meeting emissions regulations on a factory setup.
All this power talk is secondary, to be honest, and any aftermarket comparison of how powerful a turbo engine is versus the crappy factory DI setup is wildly misleading.
-alex