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Old 10-16-2011, 01:25 PM   #310
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Originally Posted by VenomRush View Post
you're saying 200hp is enough, so am I, but the guy i quoted is stating that its low power for a (projected) mid 20k car. if he feels that way, a v6 camaro or mustang might be up his alley. and about your everyday driving being fun, whats fun about driving up to a traffic light and stopping when it turns red?
I don't think he was saying 200hp is too low, the piece he quoted said "Assuming they manage to keep that BMEP while moving peak power to 7000rpms, the FT86 engine would have 175hp." I assumed he was saying 175hp is too low.

What's fun about stopping at a red light? Nothing. The fun comes in when that red light turns green.

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Originally Posted by blur View Post
So what's the problem here? If your going to boost it then who cares about the stock performance figures?

And please stop proposing your thirst for power campaign here. Power is the most easily achievable mod; everything else is much more difficult...
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Originally Posted by SUB-FT86 View Post
Not really. If your looking for big power reliably it can cost more than handling modifications. Especially on a engine that's not F/I and have high compression.
If they [Subaru/Toyota/Yamaha] thought 175hp was acceptable for a redesigned performance oriented 2-liter boxer engine, it would make me wonder what other lackluster expectations they considered acceptable. I guess I'm weird in that I'm not going to reward a car company for building a car that I feel is an underachiever.

Put me on ignore if you don't want to read my thirst for power campaign. I don't mind. :happy0180:
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