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Originally Posted by cyde01

nothing in depth. it was just a very preliminary first impression based on a first drive. and the two reviewers kinda contradicted each other, one wasn't pleased with the engine feel at wide open throttle while the other had no problems with it and thought it revved to 6500rpm quite nicely.

although there's no way to tell, your theory of it having to do with the intake heads makes sense. that would explain why despite all the improvements, the fb20 only makes the same amount of peak hp as the ej20 rather than more hp.

Are you talking bout this?
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