[Opposed]

I used to have an 03.5 MAZDASPEED Protege many years ago. It had a SRI, Corksport exhaust and catless DP, and an AFC tuned at 8 psi. The speed protege stock on paper is still slower than an FRS. Even with all of those mods, I was only putting down around 170whp which is what these things are putting down stock. And of course the low end torque seems low. You have a quick spooling, but extremely small T25 turbo that gives great low end a midrange power. But I also came from an AP1 S2000. Not sure why someone above said that car felt fast? You think the FRS has no low end torque? Go drive an AP1. That thing was a turd around town. The FRS has a huge amount of torque below 3k than most small N/A 4-cyl that I have ever driven. I still don't understand why people keep saying this. Maybe they feel the torque dip and think "this thing is slooooow". And lets not forget the main point. The FRS was designed with performance in mind from the ground up. The MAZDASPEED Protege was an econobox with some performance suspension bolted on, and one of the shittiest turbo designs every created slapped on an engine that couldn't even handle it. The FS engines were bending its puny rods on stock 6 lbs of boost. What about the glass LSD? Those things couldn't make it even 100k miles before exploding on people going 35 mph. He is right about the MPG's. I could average 28-30. But I am getting a constant 30-32 in my FRS. Don't get me wrong, the speed was one of my favorite cars I have ever driven. It is a ton of fun and handles extremely well for a FWD car, but I think there is no comparison...