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Old 08-01-2014, 12:29 AM   #41
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Originally Posted by Manji View Post
You guys would probably be interested to know, that he only went 1UZ as the development work he had done with Kelford on his fa20 had such poor results, that he realised the fa20 was not going to be a good NA motor. They struggled to get it to 225whp if I recall correctly, which might sound like a lot, but they put so much $ into it to get it there; much more than most would spent. Tony said to me that less money would get a 3SGE Blacktop to 250whp or more.

As a result, Kelford (and the other main camshaft guys who have all experienced the same results) have postponed their NA package releases, and focused on cams for boosted FA20's
Since this thread is basically dead I may as well ask, what holds the FA20 back in NA form? Is it the heads?
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