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Old 04-21-2011, 09:48 PM   #232
Allch Chcar
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I'm fine with the motor choice (excellent for handling characteristics, and beautiful sound), just a little disappointed there's no snail on it. If they went that route, the motor probably would have been overbuilt a bit for some more wiggle room, but being NA it'll take some serious work to get some good power out of it.

But I accepted the car for what it's going to be for me; a fun DD to mess around with while my track machine is in the garage.
Not if they built it right. There are at least a few N/A motors that make decent turbo motors. Whether the FB20 will make a good turbo engine remains to be seen . Ichitaka is our resident boxer fanatic and he's said before that the N/A EJ's weren't too boost friendly. So we'll see...
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