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Turbowned · 08-30-2012, 06:04 PM

This is true, my Toyota 1.6 does 100hp-per-liter as well. The FA20 is a small-displacement N/A motor, so I'm actually pretty happy it's on par with what the S2000 engines make. Considering what an S2000 cost new by comparison I'm not complaining. If they wanted to make a more powerful engine they certainly could have, it's not like Subaru and Toyota don't know how to build engines, but they had to meet a specific price point and with that, compromises had to be made.

It didn't have to have a bigger engine, necessarily. Look at the S30 280Z and S130 280ZX, and Z31/Z32 300ZX. They could have retained the same displacement and refined the engine somewhat to make a 350ZX. Or not, I mean I wasn't crazy about those name designations but whatever, lol. They should all just be called Fairlady Z's if you ask me! Either way, if there's a way to fix the coarseness of the Z motor then I'm all ears; the NISMO 370Z is pure sex in my eyes and I'm still half-considering one...

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08-30-2012, 06:04 PM	#1235
Turbowned Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: 2017 Subaru BRZ Perf Pack 6MT Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 5,048 Thanks: 1,949 Thanked 1,945 Times in 1,150 Posts Mentioned: 28 Post(s)	This is true, my Toyota 1.6 does 100hp-per-liter as well. The FA20 is a small-displacement N/A motor, so I'm actually pretty happy it's on par with what the S2000 engines make. Considering what an S2000 cost new by comparison I'm not complaining. If they wanted to make a more powerful engine they certainly could have, it's not like Subaru and Toyota don't know how to build engines, but they had to meet a specific price point and with that, compromises had to be made. It didn't have to have a bigger engine, necessarily. Look at the S30 280Z and S130 280ZX, and Z31/Z32 300ZX. They could have retained the same displacement and refined the engine somewhat to make a 350ZX. Or not, I mean I wasn't crazy about those name designations but whatever, lol. They should all just be called Fairlady Z's if you ask me! Either way, if there's a way to fix the coarseness of the Z motor then I'm all ears; the NISMO 370Z is pure sex in my eyes and I'm still half-considering one... yumyumyumyumyumyumyum __________________ Current: 2005 Porsche 911 Carrera S 6MT Previous: 2 BRZ's, 997 C2S, C5 RS6, C4 S6, B8 S4, GDB STi, S30 240Z, FC3S RX-7 TII, AW11/SW20 MR2, E30 318is/325i, etc.