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Originally Posted by PuGZoR
My mate actually has 2 Beams 3S's in his garage, haha. His daily is a turbo'd 4A powered KE70 sedan
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Another Brisbane Beams owner here - I have a Blacktop 3SGE in my '76 RA23 Celica. Great motor for a small car - glad the FT86 is similar in output, though I have to admit I'm ever so slightly disappointed it's specs are just under the Beams which was released 12 years ago.
On all the talk about extracting power out of these - High compression, small capacity, direct injection - sounds like its going to be an expensive / complicated little motor to mod and tune in the early days. Here's hoping there are few brave souls out there that get the ground work going on discovering any potential this motor may have.
Unless you're really willing to pay someone money to essentially do all the RnD for you - you're better off swapping for a proven Subaru turbo motor now (if laws allow) - or waiting until there has been some solid development done on this engine.
For reference, one of the most powerful modded N/A beams motors here in Australia makes approx 190kw at the wheels - stock is around 110-120kw atw.
This is with TRD headers, custom quad throttles, dual stage injection, motec, cams, pistons, rods, head work, etc... Built over years of trial and error with multiple motors and thousands upon thousands of dollars spent. Significant power can be extracted but it's NOT easy and its NOT cheap for these sorts of motors.