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Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo
Wrong. You CAN improve the low end without compromising the top end. The engine still pulls from 5-7.5k as willingly as the FA20, just with more power.
Look at the hp curve up top, same slope.
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That can't be a stock FA20, it has virtually no torque dip.
Being a gen. 1 owner, the gen. 2 seems to have achieved that annoying trick of actually being better in most (if not all) measurable respects.
That being said, while the FA20 has a bit of an agricultural feel to it, it certainly has character. That might not be obvious to northern Americans used to V6 that and V8 this, but compared to every other European 3- or 4-pot turbo, that character is certainly welcome, even if it doesn't come with extra speed.