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Originally Posted by totopo
I wouldn't mind seeing it to just see to see how it sells. without ac i doubt it would sell enough to make any money. I doubt we will ever see track cars like that in the states.
I think people are still stuck in the tuner mindset of the 80's and 90's when there was easy hp to be found in non-sports consumer cars. I am highly skeptical there are any "small tweaks" that can add power while maintaining OEM reliability and emission standards.
This is the thing that I always see that I don't understand. Are they going to design a one-off transmission to go with this supercharger? they don't have a rwd manual offering for that kind of torque. What drivetrain parts are they going to use? are people going to be willing to pay like $40k and 300lbs for a custom produced and installed transmission and drivetrain just for an oem warranty and toyota reliability?
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You should open a salon with how many hairs you're splitting. The fact is we likely won't ever see an F\I from the factory. The transmission that is in the car can handle (from everything I've seen) up to 340whp, without breaking immediately. Safe range? Probably 280-ish.
Your go-to argument of "Well you want more power, what transmission?!" is moot - Doesn't matter in the least what they WOULD use - because they won't. Also your prices are way off base.
They could realistically provide a non-FI retune of the engine from the factory to put it right at 210-ish crank horsepower, and use that as the mid-cycle refresh. The price they charge at the moment for a 1.0 Release Edition is what I imagine they would charge for an S\C or Turbo model, without all the tarting up of the bumpers.