Quote:
Originally Posted by fatoni
youre probably right. it still stands to reason that all of those cars are pretty expensive and have a certain sort of pedigree behind the motor. this car soaks up the hit of initial development and still delivers imo. im sure there will be years to follow where certain criteria are achieved
|
Definitely. I think the FA20 is pretty good considering the cost restraints. 7500rpm is very good considering there's only 1 cam profile to play with, and the high end torque is decent (not great, but much better than most engines). The low end torque is fantastic considering the single profile cam and the high end power. Since the motor is already very wide, they can't fit multiple cam profiles, and they can't lengthen the rods much either, so they did the best they could with 7500 rpm to play with, considering the layout and all the compromises made, the power is really quite good.
Porsche motors have fancier injection systems and 2 profile cams, and probably a lot of other gizmos, so it's no surprise they do a little better.