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Originally Posted by Rai-zero
Honda did 120 hp/L 20 years ago guess we’re going backwards.
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Nah - Subaru/Toyota did an amazing job with this motor with their constraints. The F20C is a truly bespoke motor not used in anything else but the S2000 (as far as I know!), designed for that car. Below Vtec, it's not as torquey as the FA20 (though the higher gearing can level things) below the magical VTEC switch. It's a race motor made streetable. The FA20 is a street motor built as a shared design with some pretty significant cost constraints. The fact they pull 100hp/L out of that, along with other constraints (packaging, noise, emissions, etc) is pretty darned impressive in my book.
This car is no Cayman, no S2000. It's an economy sports car that punches way above it's price tag in fun factor.