Quote:
Originally Posted by FR-S Future Owner
I don't have any preconceived thoughts about this topic. This thread was based on having seen the Everyday Driver video by Paul Schmucker and Todd Deeken. I joined FT86club because the BRZ/FR-S is very appealing to me and I want to learn more about it. I had hoped to find consensus that the torque dip is not much of an issue to avoid an expensive mod to solve it.
|
Everyday driver does most of their reviews along the California Pacific Coast highway. So unless they went out of their way to pick up some octane booster there's a good chance they are driving it on 91 octane fuel. Also California tends to have pretty warm temperatures all year round (lucky for them). Unfortunately for the FA20 engine, warm temperatures and 91 octane fuel makes the torque dip much worse. At least that's what I felt from my experience. Plus on the Pacific Coast highway there's quite a bit of uphill climbs. So I can see why they might feel the car is significantly underpowered.
On level ground, with 93 octane fuel and a manual transmission, I don't think the torque dip is that bad. I mean it's not great either and of course I wish it weren't there at all. But I'm just saying Todd and Paul's experience might be a bit more exaggerated than normal