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Originally Posted by Ash_89
Correct me if I'm wrong but has the possibility of the FA24 ever been confirmed or is it wishful thinking?
I ask as the return of the FA20 (as is) in the new car made me chuckle about how mad everyone would be.
P.S I've only had a sliver of wheel time in an 86 years ago so my opinion on the FA20 is mostly based on what I read and watch.
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The mythical FA24 has been a speculative engine from the beginning.
How do you go about adding power without a turbo? Make the engine bigger.
Why was the FA24 specifically chosen for this application? The current car uses an FA20, an FA24 would technically be a 2.4L version of it. Subaru makes an FA24 turbo on the new Ascent. So just take the turbo off the FA24 and you get a N/A 2.4L FA24 that would be natural evolutionary step for to replace an FA20.
And that is how and why the FA24 was the speculated motor for this car and everyone has been running with it. Power numbers were all over the place and most likely just pulled out of ones butt based on math and its currently ended up a 217hp 177lb/ft
(which is surprisingly close to the GRMN 86 power numbers...which means...you guessed it, Someone must have just took the FA20 numbers, and paired them to the FA24 because its a "realistic" number that can be achieved, rather than stupid numbers, wishful thinking numbers, and low probably numbers people wish it could have (like 240hp/200lb/ft torque).
IN reality all the leaks dont really indicate what the motor is and they're running with the 217hp numbers right now.