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Originally Posted by Dimman
Bad wording or research? AVCS has been on the EJ series for a while now. This is similar to Toyota's VVT-i. Subaru has also used AVLS on EJ motors for a few years now. This is more like Honda's VTEC. The combination of the two is akin to Toyota's VVTL-i or Honda's iVTEC.
The FB20 and FB25 have been confirmed as having AVCS on intake and exhaust cams. (Like Toyota's dual VVT-i)
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No, I know the subie engines had/have something like it, but they're definitely tuned differently. Subie performance engines use the tech to establish a wide powerband, while Toyota generally tunes their small engines for high rpm performance. Sorry, this is what I get for trying to respond at odd hours of the night due to the time difference of where I live. By special, I meant optimized for high rpm performance, which the use of the "86" name would seem to imply.
I can only assume that since the Subaru version will be AWD and the Toyota version RWD, that the tuning will be different. But if it's true that we wont be getting an n/a version, then my money is on Toyota just tuning rather than using their own systems. Given that the goals of the new engine were efficiency rather than power, if the base engine is turboed, I'd wager on 270hp.