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Originally Posted by fatoni
naming three cars sounds like the exception. three cars of yesteryear hardly make a case for a new standard. none of those motors had to deal with the regulations of today and all of those motors had more than one cam profile to allow them to be so open up top without having nothing down low. technology can only change so much. air can only travel so fast at only so many angles. can you name a single car in production from japan or anywhere that is south of supercar and makes more than 100hp/liter? let alone at 7k rpm
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The s2000 makes 120 hp/l. The m3 4.0 makes over 100/l. Look I know very few companies actually know how to make a decent NA motor, all im saying is that if honda could do it 11 years ago, then toyota should have at least been able to get to 220 ish with an 8500 redline. This would have made a HUGE difference. Btw, whats wrong with 2 cam profiles? A sports car should be driven as such and low end shouldnt matter if you are driving briskly. This way you can enjoy better fuel economy at lower rpms as well.