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Old 12-17-2011, 12:48 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by iggyhop9 View Post
IMO, I think the FA engine is detuned by about 20-40 HP. No way a car with this much technology and enhancements only gets 100 hp per liter. Toyota and Honda lift engines from more than a decade pulled off similar feats in the sports coupe segment.
Those engines revved to 9000 rpm or close to it.
Power = torque * rpm
There hasn't been any new tech over the past 10 years to give radically greater torque per liter, 75 lb-ft/liter is still about it.
So, 2.0 liters limited to 7400rpm, power peak at ~7000?
150 lb-ft * 7000rpm/5252 = 200hp, about all you can expect. Sounds like it's pretty well "tuned" close to the max from the factory.
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