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Old 11-19-2020, 02:29 PM   #46
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Originally Posted by Tcoat View Post
All low end torque designed for low revs and a CVT tranny. For all intents and purposes a truck engine designed for heavy vehicles. The paper HP and torque numbers look nice but in a sports car application that version of the engine would suck balls.
Can’t you rearrange the torque curves with updated header and tune?
Do you think something more drastic is needed? Cams?

So, would it ve better to wait till wrx/sti versions of the FA24?

Ford, as example, manages very well the same engine configuration across mustang, f150 and CD6 Explorer

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