[Gardus@Supersprint]

I don't think its center point of gravity will be lower than that of a 997 GT3...

Talking about the power, there are very few NA 4 cylinder engines that have a higher output than claimed, especially Euro5 engines.
From the pictures I've seen the engine has two cats, the 1st one of them very big, so the car will be much choked by the exhaust.
We'll also need to see if they didi a good job with the headers, as Impreza engines don't have equale length primary pipes, and on a NA that's much more important than on a turbo.
The rear exhaust has a open chamber design, so a bit of improvement can come from here too.
I think a full exhaust, well designed and tested, will greatly improve on this engine, probably almost 20 hp.
I also hope the ECU will be easy to work with...

Also, I'm very curious to see what engine note is possible to extract from high specific power NA boxer.

If I'll buy it next year as I hope as soon as it's broken in it'll go on our dyno and then a full exhaust will be developed, and will see but...

Before that I'll need to test drive it, in the hope it won't be a nail...I fear a torque-less engine with a letargic throttle response...