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Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Fuel tank

Two fuel pumps?

Originally Posted by cyde01

some interesting tidbits i read from the articles-

the aerodynamics were done based on a new design principle called "aerohandling" which puts less emphasis on downforce and more on sandwiching airflow to the right and left of the car, and above and beneath the car. this method increases stability and control-ability. probably reduces drag as well, seeing as increased downforce usually also increases drag.

the D-4S system in the 86 is not the current D-4S system available in already existing toyota products. it is a next gen D-4S system. without it it would have been impossible to make 200hp without reving it more than 7000rpm and it would have been impossible to meet their ambitious gas mileage targets. this makes me think that they didn't go for a higher redline in order to produce some very high mileage numbers. apparently there was a lot of apprehension to exposing subaru engineers to this next gen tech that hadn't even been put to market yet.

Wow.

Originally Posted by serialk11r

Regarding the D-4S, I don't think that's the right interpretation. 200hp at 7000rpm is really easy. They could've done a lot more with this engine than they did, but perhaps they didn't want to share too much with Subaru. Wait a minute, maybe that explains everything...