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Originally Posted by naticedog04
Been reading ur stuff for a while brah... Gotta tell u my opinion and insight says u want more power plain and simply... U have not been satisfied with the stock form... Reaching the power band is too much work for u... U haven't found an exhaust u like... Aftermarket, ready available, r&d turbos/superchargers are a couple of years away... Just get the mustang and complain on their forums about "how u had a BRZ and u weren't satisfied"... Im sure a lot of them will understand... Its all about the power, plain and simple... Heres some advise... Know who u are and know what u want... It will make life a lot more easy... Glad u "tried" the BRZ, but reading all ur stuff, it aint for u...
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I agree with this guy. You have your own perception of respectable power/torque and put value into it to some extent. And your Legacy is influencing your perception.
I drive an SX4 (150hp/150tq 2880 lbs) daily which is tall, has a bus driver-like upright seating position, and is a fun/adventurous car. When I sink down into the BRZ, there is a more serious, performance-oriented tone. I get pushed into my seat with appreciably more "oomph" compared to my SX4. The engine has its share of signature, unrefined noises. I feel like I'm piloting a spacecraft that was hacked together in a crafty engineer's underground lab. The shifter vibrates like my G35 did (which I sold last year for my SX4). The stiff suspension is jarring yet occasionally demonstrates a floaty softness over certain surfaces. And it has some '90s/early 2000s Toyota sports car character. Every time I drive my BRZ is a special event.
A car is a machine and has no soul. Associating a character to a car is subjectively based on how you were brought up. I was raised on Toyota sports cars from the '80s, '90s, and 2000s so my mind references those cars when I characterize the BRZ. You seem to have more European/American cars in your thought process. Perhaps your mind fails to see character in the BRZ because certain psychological filters prevent you from seeing it.
If I still had my G35, my perspective on the BRZ would be drastically different. I'd be unhappy with both cars, wanting the G to handle like a scalpel and the BRZ to thrust me forward at every stab of the throttle. The character of your Legacy resides in your mind, fresh and constant. It's subliminally affecting your view of the BRZ. Either sell the Legacy for something with less oomph or carefully mod the BRZ (but getting it to a respectable power level reliably may be tough to do per Max Schnell's account). Or just get the Mustang. It seems to have the performance/character combination you're looking for out of the box.