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Originally Posted by venturaII
If the US (and the rest of the world) still used emissions standards from 1999, I don't think Subaru would have any problem matching the S2000's output at all. In fact, it might potentially surpass it, given almost 20 additional years of learning and tricks. Along the same lines, I'd argue that Honda could never build the F20/F22 today with the same power output but still meet 2018 noise and emissions standards.
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They probably could, it just have no business case. Ford was able to do something similar with the Voodoo, but that probably wasn't horrifically expensive since it started off as a (mass produced) Coyote.
In contrast, Honda does not have a high output NA engine being sold with the economies of scale of the Mustang GT and Ford F150 to build off of.