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Originally Posted by zigzagz94
Too many people seem to be fixated on a random arbritrary horsepower number. As if 300hp was a magic number and if the FT-86 doesn't have that or more it will be a massive fail.
What you need to be focussed on is power to weight ratio. If the car is light enough you won't need 300hp to compete with faster cars. Just pray toyobaru does it's part and keeps the car as light as possible and then you can always add more power to your liking later. Adding power is relatively easy... deleting a lot of weight not so much.
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If you read the original post you'll see that I specifically talked about power to weight ratio. Of course 300hp does not mean anything unless weight is taken into consideration. From what I've read this car should easily be under 3,000lbs. While that is very light in this day and age of bulky safety required equipped cars, I'd still like to at least see a power to weight ratio of less then 10lbs per 1 hp. If this car has a turbo, which it should, I don't see 300hp being out of the question. I would even be happy if it was released with 250hp but Toyota also offered a factory tune which would not void warranty and bump the power up to 300hp.
While having a high revving engine sounds great, its really not the best in terms of power or efficiency. I would much rather see a turbo or supercharged engine making better power and offering an attractive fuel economy.