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Originally Posted by corbin
Yeah I admit my videos weren't too scientific.
About FR-S being competitive in road racing, I realize that it won't be competitive stock. Not many Japanese cars are when stock, but the cool thing is that they have POTENTIAL, hence them being tuner cars.
I just hope the FR-S has that potential. Even a street modified 240SX or FC3S RX-7 can hang with the big boys in road racing... I see no reason for an FR-S not to be able to do the same (modified, of course) to an even greater extent.
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We all hope that. But, this car is an entry-level sports car, not a halo car. Sure the 240sx was entry level in its day but the over-engineering of the late 80's early 90's was a wonderful thing.
Now I think even the fact that I'm assuming it's going to have an EJ series engine is dangerous speculation. And there are many differences between them in terms of power potential. But they are all reasonably inter-changeable.
What worries me is how well can the new transmission, diff and axles handle power if they are only anticipating a 2.0L NA motor with 180 lb-ft of torque. This is my main concern. If the stock motor sucks (god forbid) an EJ257 can go in it. But if this thing starts shredding gears, snapping axles and popping diffs, uh oh. Much harder problem to solve than making power.