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Originally Posted by Exage
I respect the fact that you're working with the FE engine. It's just the fact that the majority of Toyotas that the tuning market has worked with were/are GE, GZE (supercharged), and GTE (turbocharged) wide angle heads and typically co-developed with Yamaha. (I'm sure you know this though...)
Therefore you can see why peoples scepticism when they ask you why on earth you're tuning a FE engine that's also found in the Camry. And although I understand the reasons for Toyotas discontinuation of the GE in the sport compact and tuning market, I (like most enthusiasts) don't support their decision and wish they had worked around it. Simply put, no one would bug you if Toyota had produced a 2AZ-GE that put out 210bhp stock and was shared with the 4 cylinder Camry SE and XRS models.
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And when I start pulling out the dyno charts, they usually have nothing left to say. It bugs me when they don't research first and look at engine code numbers rather than the data of what the motor has achieved.
Ever seen a 1200-1400hp 2zz-GE? I've long gone giving care about what cars come with from the factory. If I started with 160hp or 210, it ain't going to matter when I'm pushing 400whp and reving to 8k rpms on this FE.
PS....funny thing now that you mention that also. Going back to Gushi's drift tC. They started the FD series in the tC with a BEAMS motor. That motor gave them so many problems with running on boost and 400ish whp, that they could never make a sustainable season out of it. What did they do....talked to Rado, and got advised to put the FE back in it...lol. Now it makes 600+whp on that 2az-FE. So, as you can see what I'm getting at here...it might be branded as an FE, but trust me...she don't act like she wasn't meant to be kicking ass, because she does.