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Originally Posted by Ryephile
You're reading way too much into this. It's all about fun. IMO, the 2ZZ in N/A form is annoying mainly due to its worthless small-cam torque, even in the Elise. The transition from small to big lift cams is immature and misguided. The driver can't adapt the road to the engines' preferred output range, it has to work everywhere. A supercharged 2ZZ behaves like a smooth n/a engine with a balanced and flat torque curve, because it flattens the transition between small and big lift cams. The supercharger makes for a nice band-aid to fix the drivability woes of the stock 2ZZ.
A big laggy turbo in a 2ZZ would absolutely suck.
Since the FA20 is a new engine and very few know how it drives, we're all back to making theoretical arguments.
Long story short: I just want an engine that has good smooth predictable drivability. That means no obvious cam lift stage [i.e. VTEC and VVTL-i] and no turbo.
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Now I completely understand you now. But what if people end up feeling similar to how you feel about the N/A 2ZZ to the FA20? I know the FA20 is more torquey than the 2ZZ but FA also has 800 more lbs to deal with so some would love to go the route you liked with a Supercharged FA20.