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Originally Posted by JD001
IMHO, I think that there will about 20 or 30bhp lurking in the engine due to emission control etc.
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So <10%, which is what I posted earlier which is chump change for most turbo engines classified as having 'lots of headroom' Going from 260-270 up to touching 300hp at the crank, probably about 240whp. It's fantastic for something with such low displacement, but it's not like we're getting half a 2JZ in this thing making 300WHP with just a tune.
Although in some ways it is like having half a 2JZ, getting over 200whp with 3 cylinders is dope.
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Originally Posted by NemesisPrime909
It's funny that for once Toyota appeared to be willing to share the "cool" version of the car and then it gets yanked away at the last minute because of a comedy of errors.
So once again while the world gets the light, 3-door, AWD, turbo purpose-built car. We will get the less exciting version.
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Lets be honest, a tiny $35k Yaris wouldn't sell for shit in the US. A couple thousand would get sold to die hards and the vast majority would laugh it off. A 2-door 3-cylinder up against V8 Mustangs and Camaros?
It's not a 'comedy of errors' it's 'lets not lose hundreds of thousands of dollars by trying to sell this car in a market that doesn't want it'.